Who are the declared candidates running for president in 2024?
13. Chris Christie
Update: Chris Christie suspended his campaign for president during a speech in New Hampshire on Jan. 10.
Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey who previously ran for president in 2016, announced his second bid for the White House in a June 6 tweet.
I’m running for President of the United States because the truth still matters. We need leaders that are willing to stand up and tell it like it is.
That’s what this campaign is about.— Chris Christie (@GovChristie) June 6, 2023 Get Our Latest News for FREE
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“I’m running for President of the United States because the truth still matters,” he wrote. “We need leaders that are willing to stand up and tell it like it is.”
Christie drew a contrast with himself and the other candidates seeking the Republican nomination, noting their hesitancy to take on the frontrunner: “I’m the only candidate who can take on Donald Trump and tell the truth. Every other Republican thinks they can tiptoe around him. I don’t tiptoe.”
Christie, who became the first candidate to endorse Trump after dropping out of the 2016 presidential race, has since emerged as a staunch critic of the former president. While he won re-election with an overwhelming 60.4% of the vote in 2013 in a state that has consistently voted Democratic in presidential elections since 1992 after defeating an incumbent Democrat to win the office four years earlier, he achieved a record low approval rating of 15% in his final year in office.
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
