Independent presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reportedly withdrawn from the 2024 presidential election in Arizona amid unconfirmed reports that he could soon drop out of the White House race entirely.
According to the Associated Press, Kennedy and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, submitted letters on Thursday announcing they were withdrawing from the 2024 contest in the Grand Canyon State. Less than a week ago, Kennedy’s team submitted more than the required number of signatures to be included on Arizona’s presidential ballot, the AP reported—though there was some controversy over the role a pro-Kennedy super PAC played in collecting them.
Kennedy is due to deliver an “address to the nation” at 2 p.m. ET on Friday in Phoenix. Trump is also scheduled to hold a campaign event in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale on Friday evening. In a podcast interview released on Tuesday, Shanahan said she and Kennedy could “walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump” in a bid to stop Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, from becoming president.
Newsweek contacted Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, who is responsible for overseeing elections in the state, for comment via an online inquiry form on his website outside regular office hours.
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