Republican Presidential Candidates 2024

President Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, having announced his candidacy on November 15, 2022. On February 14, 2023, Nikki Haley announced her candidacy to oppose Trump but is widely viewed as having no chance of prevailing against him. At most she might cut into his support in the early South Carolina primary, where Haley was once a governor.

Possible candidates who would lose to Trump[edit]

Candidates	Pros	Cons
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis	Anti-Establishment populist, Movement conservative, strong on the issues Rising star, beloved by conservatives Is widely pointed to as Trump's successor Chances of winning would be high	Would most likely become compromised at the federal level, as Trump was Has the most power in his current position as governor, where he should stay Would probably be favored by the Establishment as a way of keeping Trump out, and would probably govern like a generic Republican as President
Texas Senator and 2016 candidate Ted Cruz, the runner-up to Trump last time	Popularity among conservatives rose after his change in rhetoric post-2016, going from anti-Trump to pro-Trump Voted to contest the fraudulent 2020 election results Pressed FBI about their involvement in January 6th	Was the Establishment's choice for the GOP nomination in 2016 in an attempt to stop Trump after Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio dropped out Many conservatives still distrust him due to his originally fervent opposition to Trump Refused to endorse him at the 2016 Republican National Convention, eliciting loud boos from the crowd, as well as chants of "We want Trump!" and "Lying Ted!"[1] Called January 6th a "violent terrorist attack"
Kentucky Senator and 2016 candidate Rand Paul	Anti-establishment populist Supported Trump both times, receiving Trump's endorsement in return Voted to contest the 2020 election Currently running for re-election in 2022, and has not ruled out another presidential run[2]	Libertarian Voted to confirm neocon Mike Pompeo to the Trump administration, despite previously insisting otherwise Pro-marijuana Conceded to the left on the issue of race and police in 2020, introduced the "Justice for Breonna Taylor Act"
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton	Impressive immigration record, co-sponsored RAISE Act Spearheaded resolution to condemn the defunding of police Only contender who is a veteran	Major neocon on most everything besides immigration Hawkish warmonger, advocates for war with Iran, China, and Russia Favored by elites who have influence with the Fox News Channel and some donors Urged President Trump to concede to Joe Biden's fraudulent "victory", refused to challenge election results Supported the Patriot Act
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley	Outspoken on conservative social issues Was Conservative of the Year 2019 Contested Electoral fraud in 2020 Strongly Pro-life	Was not America first on the issue of Ukraine Does not bring a swing state to the ticket Fairly new to the sphere, still needs to gain rapport on a national scale

Vice Presidential[edit]

• Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who could help carry the must-win state of next-door Georgia.

• Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.^[3]

• 2008 VP nominee and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is currently running for late Rep. Don Young's US congressional seat in Alaska. Palin was the VP nominee to late globalist John McCain, who likely chose her for optics, as she is a strong conservative, unlike him, and gave his otherwise establishmentarian campaign a more populist appeal. McCain later turned on Palin, saying he regretted picking her.^[4] A fervent supporter of President Trump (also unlike McCain), she was shortlisted as a potential VP in 2016. She has also stated that she would be open to accept the job in 2024 if offered.^[5]

• Candace Owens, conservative political commentator and host of the talk show Candace; Trump once said he may consider her as a VP choice during a telephone interview on the show^[6].

No chance of being picked[edit]

• Former Vice President Mike Pence, who cut and ran like a coward from mostly peaceful pro-Trump activists (along with some FBI plants) during the 2021 Capitol protests. As a rubber stamp for leftists, Pence turned against President Trump, and did absolutely nothing to question the massive election fraud, and later even had the nerve to brag about it.^[7]

• Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who served under the Trump Administration, as ambassador to the United Nations. She was largely anti-Trump during the 2016 election, but was tepidly loyal for a time, even speaking at the 2020 Republican National Convention. She would later turn on Trump once again in a widely reported interview in Politico concerning the 2020 election. She is known to flip-flop on Trump constantly^[8], and is completely unreliable.

• Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, who embarrasses himself at every opportunity, while pandering to a handful of Never Trump, pro-immigration globalists in the Mormon Church hierarchy. Romney was loudly booed at his own Utah Republican Party convention on May 1, 2021.^[9]

See also[edit]

• United States presidential election, 2024
• Politico article on shrinking field among Republican candidates

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