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Seven Presidential Candidates Qualify for Florida Ballot, Two File Write-in Campaigns

Seven presidential candidates have qualified for the Florida state ballot as of Monday, according to a list maintained by the Florida Department of State. Two write-in candidates have also filed candidate oaths and submitted presidential electors.

While most candidates filed to appear on the Florida ballot well before August, several others did not submit the necessary documents to finalize the process until last week. As of Monday, August 26, the list of qualified candidates includes:

Presidential Candidate NameVice Presidential Candidate NameParty
Claudia De la CruzKarina GarciaParty for Socialism and Liberation
Kamala HarrisTim WalzDemocratic Party
Chase OliverMike ter MaatLibertarian Party
Peter SonskiLauren OnakAmerican Solidarity Party
Jill SteinRudolph WareGreen Party
Randall TerryStephen BrodenConstitution Party
Donald J. TrumpJD VanceRepublican Party
Shiva AyyaduraiCrystal EllisWrite-in
Cherunda FoxHarlan McVay Jr.Write-in
List from the Florida Department of State’s Division of Elections, 8/26/2024.

Notably absent from the list is independent presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West, whose Ballot Access HQ map still lists him as pending Florida certification as of Monday. The West campaign initially announced last month that it would appear on the Florida ballot through the Natural Law Party, which had filed for minor party recognition in the state and nominated West at its virtual national convention.

Editorial note: West failed to qualify for the ballot because his list of presidential elector candidates did not include the voter registration affidavit number for each candidate. Special thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for providing this information.

Also missing is now-former candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who suspended his campaign last Friday. Kennedy was initially nominated by the Reform Party at its May convention and was set to appear on the Florida ballot through the party’s state ballot line. The Reform Party recently stated that it would leave Kennedy’s name on the Florida ballot unless he formally withdrew from the party’s ballot line.

With thanks to the Gadfly Politics Podcast for sharing information with Independent Political Report.

2 Comments

  1. Nicholas Hensley August 27, 2024

    I have been informed, but not officially, that Kennedy has withdrawn from the Florida ballot.

  2. Richard Winger August 27, 2024

    Cornel West is not on because his list of presidential elector candidates didn’t include the voter registration affidavit number of each candidate, and it is too late to fix that problem.

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