Kennedy was running for president as an independent, though he began his campaign as a Democrat, until Aug. 23, when he dropped out of the race, acknowledged he did not have a “realistic path to an electoral victory” and endorsed Trump.
When he was campaigning, though, Kennedy got his name on the ballot in more than 20 states. After saying he would remove his name from ballots in states where his “presence would be a spoiler,”Kennedy succeeded in getting off the ballot in five of seven key battleground states—Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia, Arizona and North Carolina—and a number of other states. When he was running as an independent, both Republicans and Democrats were working to align Kennedy with the opposite party out of concerns his presence on the ballot could hurt them.
Since he dropped out, though, Trump has embraced Kennedy and put him on his transition team.
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