Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, senior politics reporter Alex Seitz-Wald uncovers an effort by operatives linked to a GOP consulting firm to […]
Former President Donald Trump will address the Libertarian Party’s convention Saturday, an unconventional stop for a presumptive Republican nominee but also illustrative of his campaign’s intensifying concern over third-party candidates. Trump is expected to deliver a pitch to Libertarians focused on their shared grievances over President Joe Biden’s four years in Washington, an event organizer […]
Multiple new polls show Joe Biden strengthening slightly in the US presidential election, but suggest third-party candidates could present a risk to his chance of carrying the White House in November. According to a New York Times/Siena College poll released on Saturday, Biden has whittled down the four-point lead Donald Trump held in February, with […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. “No Labels has always said we would only offer our […]
The centrist group No Labels will not field a third-party candidate for US president this year, it announced on Thursday. “Americans remain more open to an independent presidential run and hungrier for unifying national leadership than ever before,” the group said in a statement. Related: Far-right podcaster prompts Nebraska move to change electoral system “But […]
NEW YORK (AP) — When No Labels’ critics got the loudest, it was Joe Lieberman who came to the group’s defense. The former Connecticut senator was a founding chairman of the centrist organization that focused, above all, on promoting bipartisanship in national politics. Despite its benign stated mission, No Labels inflamed many people across politics […]
Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor and two-time losing candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, said he would not mount a third-party White House run – closing another door on No Labels, the non-partisan group seeking to mount a campaign. Related: Biden campaign to raise $25m ‘money bomb’ at event with Obama and Clinton […]
Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor, who mounted a failed, explicitly anti-Trump challenge for the Republican presidential nomination, refused to rule out running on a third-party No Labels ticket, a step most observers rate more likely to damage Joe Biden than Donald Trump. Appearing on The Axe Files, a podcast hosted by the former […]
Democrats and Republicans dominate the US two-party political system, but independent candidates like Robert F Kennedy Jr and other third-party challengers could have a major impact in this year’s presidential election. Reuters spoke to a dozen strategists who are gaming out how a third-party candidate could land in the unusual US electoral college system. Early […]
Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is stepping down as national co-chair of No Labels just days after members of the independent group voted to move forward with a presidential ticket. “I gave it my all for over a year as volunteer co-chair, but it is now time to move on,” the former Republican governor […]
The third-party organization No Labels held a virtual 800-person delegate meeting Friday, where the members voted to move forward with the process of forming a presidential ticket to run in the 2024 election against President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. While the vote reaffirmed No Labels’ longstanding project, it’s still unclear what happens […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The third-party presidential movement No Labels decided Friday to field a presidential candidate in the 2024 election after months of weighing the launch of a so-called “unity ticket” and discussions with several prospects. Delegates voted in favor of moving forward during an online convention of 800 of them from every […]