Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for President 2024 | |
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Campaign | 2024 U.S. presidential election 2024 Democratic primaries (until October 9, 2023) |
Candidate | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Environmental lawyer Nicole Shanahan Attorney and technologist |
Affiliation | Independent Nominations: We the People Party Natural Law Party American Independent Party Withdrawn candidacy: Democratic Party |
Announced | April 19, 2023 |
Headquarters | Walpole, Massachusetts[1] |
Key people | Amaryllis Fox Kennedy (campaign manager) Dennis Kucinich (former campaign manager)[2] Charles Eisenstein (senior advisor)[3] John E. Sullivan (treasurer)[4] Stefanie Spear (communications director)[5] |
Receipts | US$15,078,528[6] (April 5, 2023) |
Slogan | Declare Your Independence[7] Heal the Divide The Remedy Is Kennedy The America That Almost Was, and yet May Be |
Website | |
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The Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign was launched on April 5, 2023, when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed with the Federal Election Commission to run in the 2024 United States presidential election.[8][9] He made his official campaign announcement on April 19 in Boston, Massachusetts.[10] Early polling put Kennedy down at 14% against incumbent Joe Biden,[11] who announced his own campaign on April 25.
Kennedy was the second prominent figure to launch a campaign for the Democratic Party's nomination, being preceded by Marianne Williamson, who launched her own campaign on March 4, 2023.[12]
He first ran for the Democratic Party nomination, but announced on October 9, 2023, that he would instead run as an independent candidate.[13][14][15] In January 2024, he formed the We the People Party in order to ease ballot access requirements.[16][17] In April 2024, he received the nomination of the Natural Law Party in Michigan[18][19] and the American Independent Party in California.[20][21]
Kennedy has received significant support from independents, youth, and those with low trust in traditional American politics.[22] A November 2023 poll showed that he would win 22 percent of the vote if the 2024 presidential election was held then.[23]
Attorney and philanthropist Nicole Shanahan was announced as Kennedy's running mate on March 26, 2024.[24]
Kennedy is the eldest son of former U.S attorney general Robert Kennedy, who was a Democratic candidate for president in 1968. Kennedy is a nephew of John F. Kennedy, who was the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his death in 1963.
Kennedy is also the nephew of former U.S Senator Ted Kennedy, who was a Democratic candidate for president in 1980.
Ballot access has been a major issue for the Kennedy campaign. In some states, he has obtained signatures to be listed on the ballot as an independent candidate. In other states, he has been nominated by parties with ballot access or has formed political parties to obtain ballot access.