Former US VP Pence to seek 2024 Republican presidential nomination: federal filing

FORMER US vice-president Mike Pence will seek the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to a filing on Monday (Jun 5) with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Reuters was not able to immediately authenticate the filing on the FEC website.

Pence, 63, will launch his campaign with a video and a speech on Wednesday, in the early nominating state of Iowa, three sources familiar with the situation told Reuters last week.

His run pits him against front-runner Donald Trump, whom he once loyally stood by.

A staunch social conservative, former congressman and former governor of Indiana, Pence has increasingly distanced himself from Trump. He refused to back the former president when he attempted to overturn the 2020 election results. He also said that Trump’s encouragement of the rioters who attacked the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, put him and his family in danger.

Pence joins a growing field of Republican candidates, which includes Trump, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, US Senator Tim Scott and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.

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North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum is also planning to enter the race on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with his plans.

The number of candidates vying for the nomination concerns many Trump opponents inside the Republican Party, who fear the anti-Trump vote could be split and hand the party’s nomination to the former president.