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Centrist group No Labels won’t field a ticket in presidential election

The group said it had not identified candidates ‘with a credible path to winning the White House’

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Updated April 4, 2024 at 5:02 p.m. EDT|Published April 4, 2024 at 2:56 p.m. EDT
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), left, and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman (R) participate in an event in Manchester, N.H., sponsored by the centrist group No Labels on July 17. (John Tully for The Washington Post)
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The centrist group No Labels abandoned its ambitions for a third-party 2024 presidential campaign Thursday, saying it had failed to find candidates who had a credible path to victory in the November elections.

“Americans remain more open to an independent presidential run and hungrier for unifying national leadership than ever before,” the group said in a statement. “But No Labels has always said we would only offer our ballot line to a ticket if we could identify candidates with a credible path to winning the White House. No such candidates emerged, so the responsible course of action is for us to stand down.”