“[M]y intention is — from– has — intention has been from the beginning to run. But there are too many other things we have to finish in the near term before I start a campaign,” he told ABC News in February.
“I plan on running Al, but we’re not prepared to announce it yet,” he told TODAY’s Al Roker earlier this month.
President Joe Biden will likely face little competition within the Democratic Party. Other potential candidates like Vice President Kamala Harris and California Governor Gavin Newsom have said that they will not run for President in 2024. Meanwhile, author Marianne Williamson has opted to face off against the former Vice President as she did in 2020.
On the opposite side of the aisle, the GOP is building a football team of candidates. Thus far, former President Donald Trump, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson have all launched their campaigns. Not to mention, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott are all potential candidates.
