He made the announcement Wednesday night at a town hall in New Hampshire just hours before the fifth debate of the 2024 election cycle kicked off without him
The two candidates are trying to halt the former UN ambassador’s rise in the polls
Primary candidates attack the absent former president before getting into personal spats, especially between Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy
‘Your job as governor is to be the tour guide for the president, is to make sure the president sees your people, sees the damage, sees the suffering, what’s going on and what needs to be done to rebuild it,’ said the former New Jersey governor
Biden, when asked about his rival’s absence, said he was not disappointed by the turn of events, but welcomed the presence of Rick Scott, one of the state’s two Republican U.S. senators
The charismatic 38-year-old businessman was met Friday by hundreds of GOP activists in small central cities near Des Moines
The governor of Florida missed the opportunity to close the gap with the former president, whose absence loomed large over the event
DeSantis tries to take advantage of this first head-to-head to close the gap with the former president, while the rest of the pack hoped to stand out
The former president broadcasted a conversation with the controversial presenter Tucker Carlson through social networks, just before the start of the first GOP primary debate
In addition to Trump, eight candidates have met the donor and polling qualifications set by the party to decide who can take part in the event
Republicans chose Milwaukee for the first debate and for the national convention in just 11 months largely because of Wisconsin’s well-earned status as a swing state
Trump said he will announce next week whether he’ll participate in the debate, scheduled for Aug. 23 in Milwaukee
To qualify for the Aug. 23 debate, candidates needed to satisfy polling and donor requirements set by the Republican National Committee
Super Tuesday is when the largest number of delegates, which candidates win state-by-state, are up for grabs of any single day in the primary cycle
After being a loyal advisor to Donald Trump during his presidency, Christie became a critic of the former president in 2020 over his unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud
Christie, who also ran in 2016, is expected to make the announcement at a town hall Tuesday evening at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics