Latest Robert F. Kennedy Jr. News

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes a frequent campaigner for Donald Trump

Sep. 16, 2024 00:27 AM EDT

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Three weeks after dropping his independent presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has become a ubiquitous campaigner for Donald Trump, urging his own loyal followers to cast their lot with the former president who said he'd give Kennedy a job if he returns to the...

North Carolina's absentee ballot release was delayed by RFK Jr. ruling, but will begin next week

Sep. 13, 2024 18:21 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's first absentee ballots for the November election will now be distributed starting late next week, the State Board of Elections announced Friday, days after appeals court judges prevented original ballots containing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name from being...

Election Day is less than 2 months away. The first mail ballots have already gone out to voters

Sep. 11, 2024 18:39 PM EDT

It might feel like the presidential election is still a long way off. It’s not. Election Day on Nov. 5 is less than two months away, and major dates, events and political developments will make it fly by. The first mail ballots of the general election were sent out...

The first general election ballots are going in the mail as the presidential contest nears

Sep. 11, 2024 06:43 AM EDT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The first general election ballots for the presidential race are going out Wednesday as Alabama officials begin mailing them to absentee voters with the Nov. 5 contest less than two months away. North Carolina had been scheduled to start sending absentee...

RFK Jr. wins effort to leave ballot in North Carolina, but stays on in Michigan

Sep. 09, 2024 23:31 PM EDT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The highest courts in two states ruled differently Monday on efforts by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be removed from their presidential ballots, with a divided North Carolina Supreme Court affirming he should be omitted and the Michigan Supreme Court reversing a lower court...

RFK Jr. notches wins in North Carolina and Michigan in his effort to get off ballots

Sep. 06, 2024 20:25 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scored a pair of legal victories Friday in the battleground states of North Carolina and Michigan, and a setback in Wisconsin, in his quest to get his name off of the ballots in some states after he suspended his campaign and endorsed former President...

North Carolina judge rejects RFK Jr.'s request to remove his name from state ballots

Sep. 05, 2024 19:33 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge refused to take Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name off presidential ballots in the battleground state on Thursday, a day before the first batches of November absentee ballots are slated to be sent to registered voters who requested them. ...

Jimmy McCain, a son of the late Arizona senator, registers as a Democrat and backs Harris

Sep. 04, 2024 22:12 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Jimmy McCain, a son of former Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, said this week he has registered as a Democrat and will vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, a valuable nod of support for the Democratic nominee in a battleground state. ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues to remove himself from Wisconsin's presidential ballot

Sep. 04, 2024 13:04 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin trying to get his name removed from the battleground state's presidential ballot after the state elections commission voted to keep him on it. Kennedy suspended his campaign in August and endorsed...

RFK Jr. must remain on the Michigan ballot, judge says

Sep. 03, 2024 18:05 PM EDT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must remain on the November presidential ballot, dealing a blow to his crusade to strategically remove his ticket from the battleground state. Kennedy suspended his campaign and endorsed former President...