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Former Vice President Mike Pence has become the latest Republican to suspend their 2024 election campaign, with the GOP primary being dominated by Donald Trump. He is the latest in a long line of candidates to drop out of the nomination race.
Pence became the biggest name to announce they will be suspending their White House bid, telling the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual gathering in Las Vegas on Saturday: "It's become clear to me this is not my time."
"We always knew this would be an uphill battle, but I have no regrets," Pence said. The former VP in the Trump administration has long failed to gain any serious ground in the GOP primary polls, and has also struggled to raise money for his campaign.
Pence is the latest candidate to confirm that they would be ending their presidential bid before the primaries have even begun, with those remaining in the race facing the increasingly daunting prospect of trying to topple Trump, who is the overwhelming favorite to clinch the Republican nomination in 2024.
Larry Elder
Radio host Larry Elder confirmed on October 26 that he would be dropping out of the race after failing to reach the donor thresholds needed to appear in the first two televised GOP primary debates.
Elder was such an also-ran candidate his name did not even appear as an option on some polls, despite his reasonable public profile.
"As I look at the path forward, and after careful consideration and consultation with my campaign team, I have made the difficult decision to suspend my campaign," Elder said in a statement, while also announcing he would now be endorsing Trump.
Francis Suarez
The Miami mayor became the first Republican candidate to drop out of the campaign after failing to qualify for the first Republican primary debate in August.
During his brief run, Suarez also struggled to record any meaningful support in polls and was overshadowed by fellow Florida candidate, Gov. Ron DeSantis.
"Running for president of the United States has been one of the greatest honors of my life," Suarez said when confirming he had ended his White House bid. "While I have decided to suspend my campaign for president, my commitment to making this a better nation for every American remains."
Perry Johnson
The businessman, who only managed to raise $61,000 for his campaign in the second quarter of 2023 and did not feature in the first two televised debates, confirmed he would be dropping out of the race on October 20.
"With no opportunity to share my vision on the debate stage, I have decided at this time [that] suspending my campaign is the right thing to do," Johnson wrote in a message to supporters.
"I am 100% committed to helping Republicans win across the country in 2024."
Will Hurd
The former Texas congressman is one of the few Republican presidential hopefuls to directly attack Trump during his campaign.
While announcing he is ending his campaign, Hurd said that he would be backing former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the GOP primary.
"While I appreciate all the time and energy our supporters have given, it is important to recognize the realities of the political landscape and the need to consolidate our party around one person to defeat both Donald Trump and President [Joe] Biden," Hurd posted on X, formerly Twitter.
"I urge donors, voters, and other candidates to unite around an alternative candidate to Trump. Otherwise, we will repeat the same errors as in 2016. If the Republican party nominates Donald Trump or the various personalities jockeying to imitate his divisive, crass behavior, we will lose."
As well as Trump, DeSantis and Haley, the remaining candidates in the GOP presidential primary field are South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
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Ewan Palmer is a Newsweek News Reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is reporting on US politics, and Florida ... Read more