A Guide to the Suddenly Crowded Republican Primary

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Candidates for the Republican presidential nomination keep entering the field, despite the fact that Donald Trump polls consistently as the front-runner and Ron DeSantis has emerged as the clear No. 2. Why do so many lesser-tier Republicans think they have a real shot?

Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The Times, offers a guide to the new crop of candidates and discusses their rationale for running.

Guest: Shane Goldmacher (https://www.nytimes.com/by/shane-goldmacher), a national political correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading:


Mike Pence, former vice president — and now rival — to Mr. Trump gave his most aggressive criticism of his former boss, (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/us/politics/pence-trump-2024-announcement.html?searchResultPosition=2) portraying him as unfit to be president.
Chris Christie’s presidential bid has little chance of success (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/us/politics/chris-christie-donald-trump-2024.html). But if he takes out Mr. Trump along the way, the former New Jersey governor may consider it a victory.
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