Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Teases 2024 Presidential Run

Donald Trump: The former president maintains a strong—but early—lead in polls despite his multiple, escalating legal woes that he’s turned into a key talking point for his campaign—casting them as “political witch hunts,” a messaging strategy that appears to be resonating with voters.

Ron DeSantis: DeSantis launched his candidacy May 24 in a glitch-plagued announcement on Twitter, and has since sought to “counterpunch” Trump as he’s kicked off his campaign in key primary states, accusing Trump of veering “left” on culture issues and casting him as “petty” and “juvenile” over the ex-president’s repeated jabs at everything from DeSantis’ personality to the way he pronounces his name.

Chris Christie: The former New Jersey governor filed candidacy paperwork earlier this month, hours before delivering a speech in New Hampshire where he attacked Trump as a “bitter, angry . . . lonely, self-consumed, self-serving mirror hog” as he seeks to cast himself as the only GOP candidate who is willing to take on his former ally head-on—a strategy others in the field have largely shied away from out of what politicos have observed is a fear of deterring MAGA voters.

Mike Pence: The former vice president also filed candidacy paperwork earlier this month and debuted his campaign in a video ad accusing “President Joe Biden and the radical left” of weakening “America at home and abroad,” while also making a veiled reference to Trump and his Christian faith in calling for “different leadership” akin to “better angels.”

Tim Scott: The South Carolina senator, who announced his candidacy on May 22, is taking a more optimistic approach than some of his rivals while leaning into his Christian faith, and has secured the endorsement of Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the Senate’s No. 2 Republican.

Asa Hutchinson: Hutchinson, who served eight years as governor of Arkansas until the end of last year, launched his campaign on April 26—Hutchinson has been a vocal critic of Trump, going as far to say the January 6 Capitol riot “disqualifies” him from running again and that he should drop out of the race after being indicted in New York.

Doug Burgum: The North Dakota governor announced his campaign in a Wall Street Journal op-ed earlier this month that accused Biden of failing to address Americans’ economic woes, and touted his own experience heading several companies, while vowing to repeat his achievements as governor if elected president, including cutting spending, balancing the budget, diversifying the economy and enhancing energy production.

Nikki Haley: After vowing not to run against Trump, the former South Carolina governor became his first official challenger in February, calling for a “new generation of leadership” in a video announcement, while lamenting President Joe Biden’s “abysmal record,” but she has largely avoided Trump jabs and has instead focused her attacks on DeSantis, whom her campaign recently called a “mini Trump . . . without the charm.”

Francis Suarez: A super PAC backing Suarez, SOS America, aired a video Wednesday depicting crime on the streets and chaos at the southern border under “President Joe Biden’s America” while stating “Suarez choses a better path for Miami,” the latest indication Suarez, who has repeatedly teased a Thursday announcement, could jump into the race.

Vivek Ramaswamy: The 37-year-old investment firm manager—who made Forbes’ list of America’s richest entrepreneurs under 40 in 2016 with a net worth of $600 million at the time—entered the fray in February with a video announcement in which he dubs “covidism, climatism and gender ideology” as “new secular religions,” a statement that builds on what he calls an “anti-woke” message detailed in his 2021 book, Woke, Inc.

Larry Elder: The former 2021 California gubernatorial candidate and conservative radio talk show host announced his long-shot candidacy in a Fox News interview on April 20, where he told ex-host Tucker Carlson, “America is in decline.”