Most Conservative US Presidential Candidate Bids Bye To 2024 Race

Republican Senator Tim Scott widely regarded as the most conservative candidate in the 2024 race has said that he has suspended his campaign for the U.S. presidency.

Scott, a South Carolina Republican re-elected in 2022 for his second term in the Senate, had qualified for the Republican presidential debates to date.

Although, his candidacy never really took off with voters.

“When I go back to Iowa it will not be as a presidential candidate.

“I think the voters, who are the most remarkable people on the planet, have been really clear that they’re telling me: not now,’’ he said in a Fox News Channel interview.

Tim Scott, 58, had recently pledged to focus his campaign on Iowa through the January caucuses.

Scott’s announcement came in an interview with former South Carolina GOP Representative Trey Gowdy, who hosts a Sunday night program.

Former President Donald Trump has been well ahead in the Republican primary field in spite of not participating in debates.

Scott has generally trailed fellow South Carolina and former governor and ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley.

The polling average compiled by FiveThirtyEight.com had Scott at running sixth in the GOP field nationally on Sunday, with 2.2 per cent compared with Haley’s 8.7 per cent and Trump’s 56.6 per cent.

The polling average in Iowa where Scott was counting on a more conservative Christian electorate, showed him in fourth, with 7.3 per cent.

The Tim Scott campaign had sent a fundraising email within the hour of what appeared to be a surprise announcement from the candidate about “One last chance.’’

“Tim is the most conservative candidate in the race for president, and we seriously need his strong leadership and optimistic, positive vision to lead our country forward,’’ the message said.

Scott, the ranking member on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, formally jumped into the presidential contest back in May with his exit from the contest.

There were no members of Congress from either chamber in the Republican primary field.

Representatve Dean Phillips, a Minnesota Democrat, has launched a long-shot challenge for the Democratic nomination to President Joe Biden. (dpa/NAN)

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