Asa Hutchinson suspends his presidential campaign: Who’s left in the Republican race for president?
After obtaining last place in the Iowa caucuses, Asa Hutchinson, former governor of Arkansas, drops out of race for the GOP nomination. Here the details.
The list of candidates seeking the Republican Party nomination for the next presidential election is getting smaller and smaller. On the morning of this Tuesday, January 16, the former governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, announced the suspension of his campaign after finishing last in the Iowa caucuses, the same in which Donald Trump carried without any problem.
With over 95% of the votes counted, former President Trump took the Iowa caucuses with 52.7% of the votes in his favor, leaving DeSantis and Haley fighting for second place. According to the FiveThirtyEight database, Ron DeSantis took second place with 21.1% of the votes in her favor, followed by Nikki Haley with 19.1%. Ramaswamy took 7.7% of the vote minutes before giving up the race for the Republican nomination, while Hutchinson failed to reach one percentage point.
Asa Hutchinson suspends his presidential campaign
“I congratulate Donald J. Trump on his win last night in Iowa and to the other candidates who competed and garnered delegate support . Today I am suspending my campaign for President and driving back to Arkansas”, said the now former candidate Hutchinson in a statement issued via networks social.
Hutchinson announced his candidacy at the beginning of the campaign. However, from its beginnings, the former governor was presented with significant obstacles at gaining traction with the Republican electorate, especially due to his harsh criticism of Trump, never obtaining figures above single digits in the polls from the beginning.
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What candidates are left in the Republican race?
After the departure of Ramaswamy and Hutchinson as well as former New jersey Governor Chris Christie, who dropped out days before the Iowa caucuses, the race for the Republican nomination has reduced to three candidates: former President Donald Trump, the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, and the former governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley.
Currently, and after emerging victorious in the Iowa caucuses, polls position former President Trump as the favorite to represent the party with 63.1% acceptance among voters nationwide, while Haley has 11.9% acceptance and DeSantis with 11.6% as of today, Tuesday, January 16.