Cornel West drops Green Party bid and will run for president as an independent
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By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Progressive scholar Cornel West announced Thursday he will run as an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election, abandoning his campaign for the Green Party’s nomination amid criticism from some leading leftists.
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Left-wing presidential candidate Cornel West said Thursday he would no longer vie for the Green Party’s nomination and would run as an independent instead. The switch will likely complicate t…
Harvard professor and progressive activist Cornel West says he's now running for president in 2024 as an independent, not as a member of the Green Party.
West had said he would run for the People’s Party nomination, before abandoning that strategy to focus on the Green Party, which already had greater ballot access.
By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Progressive scholar Cornel West announced Thursday he will run as an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election, abandoning his campaign for the Green Party’s nomination amid criticism from some leading leftists.
Presidential candidate Cornel West is no longer running under the Green Party banner and will seek the White House as an independent candidate, adding to Democrats' fear of the impact of third-party candidates in the 2024 election.
