{"id":2224781,"date":"2024-04-18T21:48:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T01:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-gains-ballot-access-in-major-battleground-state-through-a-third-party-campaign-says\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T21:49:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T01:49:03","slug":"rfk-jr-gains-ballot-access-in-major-battleground-state-through-a-third-party-campaign-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-gains-ballot-access-in-major-battleground-state-through-a-third-party-campaign-says\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. Secures Spot on Ballot in Key State via Third Party, Campaign Confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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-gains-ballot-access-in-major-battleground-state-through-a-third-party-campaign-says%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=2224781&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 \u200cF. Kennedy Jr., as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evan-mcmullin-is-the-democrats-utah-senate-candidate\/\" title=\"Evan McMullin Is The Democrats\u2019 Utah Senate Candidate\">independent presidential candidate<\/a>, has effectively secured his spot on Michigan&#8217;s general\u2064 election ballot for 2024. Running alongside Nicole Shanahan for the Natural Law Party, Kennedy offers voters an alternative\u200d to Biden and Trump. \u2062The party focuses on solving issues\u200b in\u200c harmony with natural\u2064 law. His presence in swing states like Michigan may\u200c impact the outcome of the election.  <\/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<p>Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has qualified for the general election ballot in Michigan, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-state-republicans-lead-democrats-by-six-points-on-generic-ballot\/\" title=\"Poll: State Republicans Lead Democrats by Six Points on Generic Ballot\">crucial battleground state<\/a> in the 2024 election, his campaign said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy, along with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">running mate<\/a> Nicole Shanahan, will appear on the Michigan ballot as nominees for the Natural Law Party, which has already filed all the necessary paperwork to make the ballot, Team Kennedy said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy24.com\/kennedy_ballot_michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-man-trying-to-shake-up-yales-secretive-governing-body\/\" title=\"Meet the Man Trying to Shake Up Yale\u2019s Secretive Governing Body\">independent candidate<\/a> is pitching himself to voters as a viable alternative to Biden and Trump, while the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees are set to face off in a rematch of the 2020 election.<\/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 of Kennedy. \u201cWe welcome Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Shanahan to the party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Natural Law Party, founded in 1992, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natural-law.org\/platform\/50_point_summary.html#government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seeks<\/a> to \u201cSolve problems at their basis by bringing individual life, and our national policies, into greater harmony with natural law through proven educational programs; natural, preventive health care; renewable energy; sustainable agriculture; and other forward-looking, prevention-oriented programs,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan marks the third swing state where Kennedy will appear on the ballot, according to his campaign. Team Kennedy said he has also qualified for ballot placement in Nevada and North Carolina, two states where Trump currently posts a slight lead over Biden in the polls.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 race in Michigan could play a pivotal role in deciding who will be sworn in on January 20, 2025. Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dems-counting-on-3-battleground-states-to-deliver-2024-win-for-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> earlier this month that Michigan, along with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, is one of three states that the party is counting on to deliver a 2024 win for Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s ballot access in Michigan, however, potentially throws another obstacle in the president\u2019s path to winning the Great Lakes State, where Biden\u2019s re-election is already being threatened by a significant number of Muslims who oppose his support for Israel in its war against Hamas. In the Michigan Democratic primary, Biden was opposed by more than 100,000 voters (13.2%) who voted \u201cUncommitted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Trump leads Biden by more than three points in Michigan, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/michigan\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a> polling average. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden-vs-kennedy-vs-west-vs-stein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">five-way race<\/a>, adding in RFK Jr., along with Green Party candidate Jill Stein and independent candidate Cornel West, Trump is less than two points ahead of Biden nationally, according to RCP.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Last month, Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rfk-jr-announces-hardcore-leftist-nicole-shanahan-as-his-vp-pick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chose Shanahan<\/a>, a lawyer and Democratic donor, as his running mate. Shanahan, the ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, supported President Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 campaign against Trump and also donated $150,000 to the campaign of leftist Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/its-not-just-soros-5-high-powered-women-trying-to-reshape-nations-largest-criminal-justice-system\">at least $300,000<\/a> to a campaign led by a coalition of nonprofits and activist groups to pass a voter referendum \u201cto <a href=\"https:\/\/reimagine.la\/measure-j\/\">divest<\/a> from incarceration and policing\u201d in L.A. County.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-blasts-rfk-jr-most-radical-left-candidate-in-the-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blasted<\/a> Kennedy as \u201cthe most radical Left candidate in the race\u201d but added that his candidacy \u201cis going to be taking votes from Crooked Joe Biden, which would be a great service to America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent presidential candidate, successfully landed on Michigan&#8217;s general election ballot, a pivotal state in the 2024 election, as confirmed by his campaign. Paired with running mate Nicole Shanahan, they will represent the Natural Law Party, having completed all necessary filing procedures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2224782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2126529453-scaled-e1713461401491.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2126529453-scaled-e1713461401491.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224781","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\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2224782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}