No Labels is taking another step toward forming a bipartisan presidential field in November’s general election.
The centrist group announced the creation of a bipartisan committee to vet candidates.
“Today, No Labels is taking the next step toward delivering that by announcing a process to select candidates for a unified ticket,” said former Sen. Joe Lieber, founding co-chair of No Labels. Mann said in a statement Thursday.
Mr. Lieberman was the Democratic Party’s vice presidential candidate in 2000, ran for president in 2004, and became an independent several years later, but he remains a member of a committee called the “Party Over Country Committee,” which vets potential candidates. becomes.
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No Labels national co-chair Ben Chavis, a civil rights activist and former NAACP executive director and CEO, will also serve on the 12-member committee.
“The committee will consider input from the No Labels community and serve as a representative to meet with potential candidates,” Mike Rawlings, former Dallas mayor and No Labels national convention chairman, said in a video released by the organization. We will fulfill our mission.”
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To be considered for a national ticket, Rawlings said, candidates must adhere to the group’s six core beliefs, including that they “value this country more than the demands of any political party.” said.
And, Rawlings said, the candidate will be a “no-label, common-sense policy pamphlet containing 30 ideas for addressing our nation’s most important challenges, from immigration and border security to the budget, inflation, and growing threats from abroad.” He added that it must also be supported.
“If we find two candidates who meet our high standards, we will recommend their tickets to No Labels delegates for a nominating vote at the national nominating convention later this spring,” Lieberman said in a statement. That’s my intention,” he explained.
The group has not set a date, but Lieberman said in an interview on CNN Thursday that candidates could be announced as early as next Thursday.
The announcement came nearly a week after nearly 800 Norabelle delegates who attended a virtual conference voted in favor of taking the presidential ticket.
No Labels points to poll after poll showing that many Americans have no enthusiasm for a rematch between President Biden and former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, and has been looking for third-party tickets for more than a year. I have continued to consider this.
And No Labels has long said it would decide whether to sell presidential tickets after Super Tuesday, when primaries and caucuses are held in 16 states from coast to coast.
No Labels’ latest move is with Biden. Trump wins He will be the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, and the presumptive nominee of the two major parties in 2024.
The move by No Labels comes after the group’s former leader, former two-term Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who was seen as a likely candidate for a “unity” ticket, recently announced Republican policies. , also in response to his name being removed from the issue. This year, he is running for a vacant Senate seat in his home state.
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Another former No Label party leader, moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who is not seeking re-election this year and has flirted with a White House bid, also said he would not run for president.
Nikki Haley, a former U.N. ambassador and former South Carolina governor who was Trump’s last rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination before ending her White House bid last week, also ran on a no-label ticket. There was much speculation that he might consider running for office. Earlier this year, No Label showed no interest in her.
However, Hailey has repeatedly refused to participate in the no-label ticket, most recently in an interview on “FOX and Friends” last week.
Right now, the No Labels spotlight appears to be on former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Jeff Duncan, a Republican. Duncan is a former health care executive and minor league baseball player who served three terms in the Georgia House of Representatives before being elected lieutenant governor in 2018.
Sources familiar with the discussions confirmed to Fox News that No Labels is “in talks with him,” adding that conversations are “moving quickly” but “nothing has been finalized.”
A person close to Mr. Duncan’s political circle said they have not ruled out the possibility of a third party running for president this year. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Duncan gained national attention in the weeks after the 2020 election when he spoke out against then-President Trump’s baseless claims of “massive voter fraud” in Georgia. Georgia was one of six states where Mr. Biden narrowly defeated Mr. Trump and won the White House.
Duncan, along with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, resisted President Trump’s demands to overturn the Peach State’s election results.
Several months later, Mr. Duncan decided not to seek re-election in 2022 and instead launched Republican Party 2.0, an effort to move the Republican Party beyond Mr. Trump.
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No Labels announced last week that it is already on the ballot in 16 states and is currently working to gain access in 17 other states.
The group has dismissed criticism from Democrats, who have warned that unlabeled tickets could pave the way for Trump to win in November.
“That’s not our goal here,” Lieberman told Fox News Digital late last year. “Ours is not a choice between President Trump and President Biden.”
Thursday’s announcement came a day after No Labels co-chair and Republican former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory resigned.
McCrory did not provide further details about his departure from the group, but said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal: [No Labels] the best. “
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