Centrist group No Labels will not field a third-party bid for the U.S. presidency because it could not find a candidate with a credible path to winning the White House, the group said on Thursday.
\nOnly last month some 800 No Labels delegates voted to launch a presidential campaign for the November election and identify potential candidates, following months of fundraising.
\nA parade of politicians declined to run for No Labels, including U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, a Democrat, and Krysten Sinema, an independent. Most recently, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican, decided against running as the group\u2019s candidate.
\n\u201cNo Labels has always said we would only offer our ballot line to a ticket if we could identify candidates with a credible path to winning the White House,\u201d the group said in a statement. \u201cNo such candidates emerged, so the responsible course of action is for us to stand down.\u201d
\nThe group sought to offer an alternative to the two major-party contenders, President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Republican rival Donald Trump.
\nNo Labels raised at least $50 million to mount its third-party bid, and prompted concerns from Democrats that its efforts would undercut votes for Biden. No Labels had gained ballot access in 21 states.
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No Labels decided not to field a third-party bid for the U.S. presidency because they could not find a candidate with a credible path to winning the White House. Various politicians, including Joe Manchin, Krysten Sinema, and Chris Christie, declined to run as the group’s candidate. No Labels had raised at least million for their campaign and had gained ballot access in 21 states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[492,1221,4422,3529,5090,2577,4117,166,1600,153,4085,756,5089,3377,1021,4843,1670,1022,1827,5091,841,5092,380,173,457,165,18],"class_list":["post-6948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-biden","tag-campaign","tag-candidates","tag-centrist","tag-centrist-group","tag-concerns","tag-democrats","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-elections","tag-fundraising","tag-joe-biden","tag-no-labels","tag-parade","tag-presidency","tag-president","tag-president-joe-biden","tag-republican","tag-statement","tag-third-party-bid","tag-trump","tag-u-s-presidency","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-white","tag-white-house","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n