{"id":2224458,"date":"2024-04-18T16:38:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T20:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-qualifies-for-michigan-ballot-as-kennedy-family-endorses-biden\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T16:39:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T20:39:15","slug":"rfk-jr-qualifies-for-michigan-ballot-as-kennedy-family-endorses-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-qualifies-for-michigan-ballot-as-kennedy-family-endorses-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. secures spot on Michigan ballot as Kennedy family backs Biden"},"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\">24<\/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%2Frfk-jr-qualifies-for-michigan-ballot-as-kennedy-family-endorses-biden%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=2224458&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--><p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s campaign successfully\u2064 qualifies for Michigan&#8217;s 2024\u2063 election ballot, with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-reynolds-declares-parents-matter-in-sotu-response-speech\/\" title=\"Kim Reynolds Declares 'Parents Matter' in SOTU Response Speech\">vice-presidential pick<\/a>, Nicole Shanahan.\u200b Natural\u2064 Law Party \u200cendorses Kennedy as the most qualified candidate,\u2062 aiming to be on ballots in multiple states. Despite Biden&#8217;s attempts to undermine\u200c Kennedy&#8217;s impact, \u200bgaining \u2063Michigan access strengthens Kennedy&#8217;s role in the election after Biden&#8217;s 2020\u200d win in Michigan.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/a>.\u2019s campaign announced it met the requirements to appear on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a>\u2018s ballot for the 2024 election on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vice presidential<\/a> mate Nicole Shanahan were nominated for the swing state\u2019s ballot by the Natural Law Party in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the most qualified candidate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-independent-journalist-tayler-hansen-a-riot-that-turned-deadly-what-i-witnessed-at-the-us-capitol-riot\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Independent Journalist Tayler Hansen: A Riot that Turned Deadly, What I Witnessed at the US Capitol Riot\">modern-day history<\/a> of America,\u201d Natural Law Party Chairman Doug Dern said in a statement.<strong> <\/strong>\u201cWe welcome Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Shanahan to the party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/?utm_source=homepage&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=iowa_caucus&#038;utm_id=election2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michigan is the first battleground state Kennedy has qualified for. He also gained access to Utah\u2019s ballot, and his campaign claimed it has the necessary signatures to be on the ballots in New Hampshire, Nevada, Hawaii, North Carolina, Idaho, Nebraska, and Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign said it is working to gain access to all 50 state ballots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the field teams, volunteers, legal teams, paid circulators, supporters, and strategists ready to get the job done,\u201d Stefanie Spear, campaign press secretary, said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cWe are exceeding all our benchmarks and will announce new states each week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s campaign has sought to neutralize Kennedy\u2019s impact as a spoiler third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-congressional-election-poses-early-test-for-democrats\/\" title=\"New Mexico Congressional Election Poses Early Test for Democrats\">-party candidate<\/a>. But with Michigan ballot access, Kennedy is poised to play a more serious role in the election.<\/p>\n<p>Biden won Michigan in 2020 by a little over 154,000 votes, flipping the state from former President Donald Trump, who won it in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s campaign raised $5.4 million in March, with $2 million coming from his running mate, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rpyers\/status\/1781014372674052485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>data compiled<\/a> by Rob Pyers, research director at California Target Book. His campaign spent nearly $4.5 million and ended the quarter with $6 million cash on hand. <\/p>\n<p>Shanahan is a wealthy Silicon Valley philanthropist, lawyer, and ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Her $2 million contribution likely bolsters Democratic criticisms that Kennedy selected Shanahan last month to help finance the costly expenses of running an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-he-would-do-better-than-trump-against-rfk-jr\/\" title=\"DeSantis confident in outperforming Trump against RFK Jr.\">independent presidential campaign<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>On the same day Kennedy\u2019s campaign announced he qualified for Michigan\u2019s ballot, more than a dozen family members were busy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2970391\/kennedy-family-members-endorse-joe-bidens-2024-campaign-in-snub-to-rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>endorsing Biden<\/a> at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The family has repeatedly expressed its disappointment in Kennedy\u2019s presidential campaign. But in the endorsement on Thursday, there was no direct mention of Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make crystal clear our feeling that the best way forward for America is to reelect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to four more years,\u201d said Kerry Kennedy, the younger sister of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden has been a champion for all the rights and freedoms that my father and uncle stood for,\u201d she continued. Her father was former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and her uncle was former President John F. Kennedy. \u201cThat\u2019s why nearly every single grandchild of Joe and Rose Kennedy supports Joe Biden. That\u2019s right. The Kennedy family endorses Joe Biden for president.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s campaign confirmed eligibility for Michigan&#8217;s 2024 ballot. Nominated by Michigan&#8217;s Natural Law Party, Kennedy and VP candidate Nicole Shanahan are set to compete. 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