{"id":2114133,"date":"2023-12-02T13:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T18:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asa-hutchinson-and-chris-christie-fail-to-make-maine-republican-primary-ballot\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T13:31:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T18:31:04","slug":"asa-hutchinson-and-chris-christie-fail-to-make-maine-republican-primary-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asa-hutchinson-and-chris-christie-fail-to-make-maine-republican-primary-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Hutchinson and Christie miss out on Maine GOP primary ballot"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fasa-hutchinson-and-chris-christie-fail-to-make-maine-republican-primary-ballot%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=2114133&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>Former Governors Hutchinson and Christie Absent from Maine Republican Primary Ballot<\/h2>\n<p>Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) and\u200b former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) are facing a \u2062setback in the Maine Republican primary. Despite their determination to stay in the race, even after higher-polling candidates dropped out, the two\u200d anti-Trump candidates have \u200bbeen excluded from\u200d the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ceo-of-cyber-ninja-former-ariz-secy-of-state-hold-press-conference-on-ballot-audit-in-phoenix\/\" title=\"CEO OF Cyber Ninja, former Ariz. Secy. of State hold press conference on ballot audit in Phoenix\">primary ballot<\/a>. The Maine \u2062GOP\u2063 claims that\u2063 they failed\u200c to \u200cmeet the required signature\u2064 threshold.<\/p>\n<h3>Underdogs Face \u2064Obstacle in Maine GOP<\/h3>\n<p>Although polling near the bottom,\u200c Hutchinson and\u2063 Christie refuse to throw in the towel. However, the\u2062 Maine Republican Party has dealt them \u2062another blow by excluding them from the primary ballot. \u200dThis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmental-concerns-surround-bidens-hydrogen-energy-plan\/\" title=\"Biden's hydrogen energy plan raises environmental concerns.\">unexpected hurdle<\/a> adds \u2062to the challenges they already face.<\/p>\n<p>The state party argues that both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-chaos-hits-the-michigan-gop-primary-race-after-candidate-arrested-by-fbi-heres-whats-happening\/\" title=\"More Chaos Hits The Michigan GOP Primary Race After Candidate Arrested By FBI: Here\u2019s What\u2019s Happening\">candidates fell short<\/a> of the 2,000 signature\u200b requirement. Christie disputes this, attributing \u200bit to a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pas-democrat-secstate-resigns-after-botching-process-over-amendment-for-child-sex-abuse-victims\/\" title=\"PA\u2019s Democrat SecState Resigns After Botching Process Over Amendment For Child Sex Abuse Victims\">procedural error<\/a>. According to a\u200b spokesperson\u2064 for his campaign, they collected\u200c and submitted over 6,000 signatures. They are currently appealing the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Pastor Ryan Binkley, a relatively unknown candidate who doesn&#8217;t register on most polls, managed to secure enough signatures to appear on\u200b the ballot. Joining him are former President Donald Trump, Gov.\u200d Ron DeSantis (R-FL), former \u200cUnited Nations\u200d Ambassador Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND).<\/p>\n<h2>Marianne \u2063Williamson Fails to Make Democratic Primary Ballot<\/h2>\n<p>On the Democratic side, author Marianne\u200d Williamson\u200d did \u200dnot qualify for \u2062the primary ballot.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What challenges do Hutchinson and\u2063 Christie face in their campaign after\u200c being barred from\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-joins-states-trying-to-keep-trump-off-the-ballot\/\" title=\"Minnesota joins states in effort to exclude Trump from ballot.\">primary \u200cballot<\/a>?<\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<h2>Former \u2062Governors Hutchinson and Christie Absent from \u200bMaine Republican \u2062Primary\u2064 Ballot<\/h2>\n<p>In a surprising turn of events, the Maine Republican\u2063 primary will not include former governors Asa Hutchinson and Chris Christie.\u2062 Despite their determination to \u2064remain in the race, these anti-Trump candidates have been excluded from the primary ballot \u200bdue to\u2064 their failure to \u200dmeet the required \u2063signature threshold, \u200daccording \u2064to the Maine\u2062 GOP.<\/p>\n<h3>Underdogs Face Obstacle in Maine GOP<\/h3>\n<p>Hutchinson and Christie, although polling at the bottom, have refused to give up. However, the Maine \u200bRepublican Party has dealt them another blow by effectively barring them from the primary ballot. This\u2064 unexpected hurdle only adds to\u2063 the challenges they already face in their campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The state party claims that both candidates fell short of the 2,000 \u200csignature requirement. However, \u200cChristie disputes this and \u2063attributes it to a procedural error. According to a spokesperson from his campaign, they\u200d collected and submitted over 6,000 signatures. They are currently in the process of appealing the decision, hoping \u200bfor a reversal of the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, an unknown candidate, Pastor \u2063Ryan Binkley,\u200d who does not register on most polls, managed to\u2062 secure \u2064enough signatures to appear on the ballot. He will be joined by prominent figures such as former President Donald Trump, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley,\u2062 entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and Governor Doug\u200c Burgum of North Dakota.<\/p>\n<h2>Marianne Williamson Fails to Make\u2063 Democratic Primary Ballot<\/h2>\n<p>On\u200c the Democratic side, author \u2064Marianne Williamson has also faced disappointment as she did not qualify for the\u2064 primary ballot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pres. Mike Pence (R) withdrew. Despite low poll numbers, ex-Govs. Hutchinson and Christie won&#8217;t quit the race. They won&#8217;t appear on Maine&#8217;s GOP primary ballot, unlike Sen. Scott and ex-VP Pence. Both outspokenly against Trump, they persist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2114134,"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-2114133","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\/2114133","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=2114133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2114134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2114133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2114133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2114133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}