Mike Pence Drops Out of 2024 Presidential Race

The former Indiana Governor was polling at 3.5 percent.

Mike Pence. Shutterstock photo.

WASHINGTON – Former Indiana Governor Mike Pence has dropped out of the race for the GOP nomination for President of the United States.

Pence, who served as the nation’s 48th Vice President under President Donald Trump, made the announcement Saturday at the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas.

“There is a time for every purpose under Heaven.” After traveling the country the past six months, it has become clear…this is not my time.

As we leave this campaign, we do so with grateful hearts. I will always be grateful for the opportunities my family and I have been given… pic.twitter.com/bsmc94Lxjw

— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) October 28, 2023

According to polling data from Real Clear Politics, Pence was only receiving 3.5 percent support from prospective voters. That ranked fifth among nine Republican candidates.

“This is not my time,” said Pence. “I’m leaving this campaign, but I will never leave the fight for conservative values and I will never stop fighting to elect principled Republican leaders to every office in the land.”

Currently, Donald Trump is receiving the strongest support among GOP candidates, polling at 59.1 percent. Ron DeSantis is next at 12.6 percent, followed by Nikki Haley at 8.3 percent.

2024 State Primary Election dates are set for:

• Indiana – May 7
• Kentucky – May 21
• Ohio – March 19