The 2024 presidential ballot is all but set as a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, with time running out for any viable third-party candidate to make their entrance into the race.
That increases pressure on the prominent No Labels group, which has long viewed Super Tuesday as the date at which it will decide on whether to launch a ticket.
No Labels is set to hold its next delegate meeting on Friday afternoon, after which the group is likely to announce a decision on its next steps. The meeting is expected to feature 800 delegates from all 50 states to “speak freely and honestly about the path ahead for our 2024 project,” according to chief strategist Ryan Clancy.
“We have said for months that our movement plans to regroup shortly after Super Tuesday to evaluate the status of our 2024 project and that remains the plan,” Clancy said in a statement. “Candidates will not be chosen for the Unity ticket during this meeting and it will not be open to the press.”
The meeting comes as No Labels faces a make-or-break moment in the 2024 cycle. The group has long said it would only move forward with a third-party ticket in the case of a Trump-Biden rematch and only if there were a path forward for success.