Key swing states decline to remove RFK Jr. from ballot

Michigan and Wisconsin, two key battleground states, declined to remove former Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name from their general election ballots this November despite his requests and withdrawal from the race.

Kennedy announced last Friday that he was suspending his presidential campaign and would endorse former President Trump.

He said he would seek to remove his name from the ballots in states that could theoretically determine the outcome of the election but would keep his name on ballots that are either solidly Democrat or solidly Republican.

The critical purple states, however, rejected that effort Tuesday.

“Minor party candidates cannot withdraw, so his name will remain on the ballot in the November election,” Cheri Hardmon, senior press secretary for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, told Axios in a statement Tuesday.