{"id":2016560,"date":"2023-08-30T10:37:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T14:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-youngkin-tamps-down-2024-speculation-im-not-in-iowa\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T10:38:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T14:38:37","slug":"glenn-youngkin-tamps-down-2024-speculation-im-not-in-iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-youngkin-tamps-down-2024-speculation-im-not-in-iowa\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Youngkin dismisses 2024 rumors: &#8216;Not focused on Iowa&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fglenn-youngkin-tamps-down-2024-speculation-im-not-in-iowa%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2016560&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gov.\u2062 Glenn Youngkin Focused on Virginia Elections, Downplays Presidential Ambitions<\/h2>\n<p>During a recent interview on Fox News&#8217;s Mornings with Maria, Gov.\u200d Glenn Youngkin (R-VA)\u200b emphasized his dedication \u2062to Virginia&#8217;s legislative elections this November, downplaying \u200dany speculation about his\u2063 presidential ambitions. Youngkin expressed gratitude for being considered a\u2063 potential GOP candidate for\u200d the 2024\u2063 race but stressed that his primary \u200dgoal is to\u2062 flip Virginia&#8217;s state legislature to Republican control.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve said over and over again how \u200dhumbling\u2063 it is to\u200c even\u200b talk about my name in this context,&#8221; Youngkin shared when asked about running\u2063 for president. &#8220;But I am so focused \u200don Virginia elections this year to make sure that we deliver. We&#8217;ve got a giant agenda, and therefore I&#8217;m \u200dcampaigning across Virginia for our House and Senate\u2062 delegates and \u2062senators. We&#8217;re focusing on Virginia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Currently, Democrats\u2062 hold control of Virginia&#8217;s state Senate,\u200d while Republicans aim to defend their control of the House in the \u2064upcoming elections. If the GOP succeeds in flipping the state \u2063Senate, it would enable\u2062 Youngkin to \u200dimplement more\u200c conservative legislation, including restrictions \u2064on abortion access, and further elevate his\u200b prominence within Republican circles.<\/p>\n<p>While Youngkin had previously stated that he had no intentions of running\u2062 for higher office earlier this year, \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-laptop-researcher-reveals-new-details\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden laptop researcher reveals new details\">recent reports suggest<\/a> he may be reconsidering \u2063a \u2062presidential bid. Conservative\u200d media mogul \u2062Rupert Murdoch \u200dreportedly encouraged Youngkin to run \u2064in 2024, highlighting the\u2064 search for a viable alternative to former President Donald Trump\u200b in the primary\u2063 race.<\/p>\n<p>Despite speculation, Youngkin has not followed the typical path of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-matt-gaetz-suggests-potential-desantis-2024-presidential-run\/\" title=\"Rep. Matt Gaetz Suggests Potential DeSantis 2024 Presidential Run\">potential presidential candidate<\/a>. He has refrained from visiting crucial\u2062 nominating states like Iowa, New Hampshire, \u2064Nevada, \u200cand South \u2062Carolina. Youngkin acknowledged the potential challenge\u2062 of late entry \u2064into the GOP primary race,\u2063 as it could\u2064 result in missing state \u2064filing \u200ddeadlines.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Well,\u200d Maria, as I&#8217;ve said, \u2063there&#8217;s nothing more important than\u200c us holding our House and flipping\u200b our Senate in Virginia. \u200cThat&#8217;s \u200cwhere my \u200bfull attention is,&#8221; Youngkin emphasized. &#8220;I&#8217;m paying attention to making sure we hold our House and flip our Senate. I \u2063think this is so important for Virginians and for the nation to see that\u2064 this can happen. That we can put to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-youngkin-tamps-down-2024-speculation-im-not-in-iowa\/\" title=\"Glenn Youngkin dismisses 2024 rumors: 'Not focused on Iowa'\">work conservative common sense policies<\/a>, and \u200bwe can win. And \u2063we can bring\u200b together a state that \u2063was truly blue. People thought it was purple \u200b\u2014 \u2062we can turn it red.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A\u200d recent\u200c Roanoke College poll revealed\u2064 that \u2063Youngkin currently holds 9% support among Virginia Republican voters in \u200da hypothetical\u2064 primary race, trailing behind Trump at 47% and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) at 13%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read \u200dmore from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Glenn Younkin (R-VA) emphasized his dedication to Virginia&#8217;s legislative elections this November, dismissing questions about his presidential aspirations. During an interview on Fox News&#8217;s Mornings with Maria, Youngkin expressed gratitude for being considered a potential GOP candidate for 2024 but stressed his priority of turning Virginia&#8217;s state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2016561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}