US Presidential Election: Everything You Need To Know About The Candidates

Komal Das Oct 22, 2024

Republican former President Donald Trump will face Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 5 US presidential election

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Several third-party hopefuls are also running. Here are the candidates

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While the Libertarian Party invited Trump to its convention, it ultimately selected Chase Oliver

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Oliver ran for a Georgia state Senate seat in 2022 and garnered 2% of the vote

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Jill Stein, a physician who ran under the Green Party in 2016, is running again in 2024

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She launched her current campaign accusing Democrats of betraying their promises "for working people, youth and the climate again and again

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Cornel West, initially ran as a Green Party candidate but in October said people "want good policies over partisan politics" and declared himself an independent

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