U.S. Internet media Axios reported on the 21st (local time) that Tim Scott (South Carolina), the only black senator in the Republican Party, will officially announce his candidacy for the presidential primary on the 22nd.
Senator Scott is somewhat less prominent than other big-name candidates in the Republican Party, such as former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron Disantis, but has a solid campaign fund of 21.9 million dollars (about 28.8 billion won).
Axios said that as the Trump era entered, the number of black candidates in the Republican Party increased, and that racial polarization in voter voting behavior was decreasing.
Senator Scott received the first endorsement from Senator Mike Round (Republican, South Dagota) in the Senate. The Hill, a political media outlet, reported that John Tune (Republican, South Dakota) floor leader also plans to support Congressman Scott. The second-in-command in the Republican Senate, Majority Leader Tune, will attend the launching ceremony for Scott’s presidential election in North Charleston on the 22nd.
Senator Scott is the second black person to challenge the Republican primary for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Prior to Senator Scott, black conservative talk radio host Larry Elder announced his candidacy for the presidency.
In the Republican Party, former President Trump, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, and entrepreneur Vivek Lamas and Elder announced their candidacy for president. Governor DeSantis plans to register with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as a Republican presidential candidate on the 25th.
In Kentucky, former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who is black, is running for first governor.
Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, an aide to Senate Republican Mitch McConnell (Kentucky), will face incumbent Gov.
Cameron, who was supported by former President Trump, was selected as the party candidate in the Republican primary, beating former UN Ambassador Kelly Craft, who was supported by Gov. Disantis, by a margin of 26 percentage points. 86% of Kentucky’s population is white.
Source: Donga
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