Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been eliminated from the Libertarian presidential nomination after garnering only 2% of the party’s vote.
Kennedy’s brief consideration for the nomination came as a surprise during the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, DC, when he was nominated by a delegate on Sunday. His nomination drew immediate boos from the other delegates on the floor, and the campaign came to a short end following the convention’s first round of voting.
During the first round, Kennedy was eliminated after only receiving 19 delegates, an amount that equaled just 2% of the vote. The leading candidate after the first round was Michael Rectenwald, who received 28% of the vote.
Kennedy had addressed the convention on Friday in an effort to increase his support. However, he never had an intention to seek the party’s nomination, according to CNN .Kennedy also accepted the nomination in a video posted on […]
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