On December 29, George Pataki, former Governor of New York, ended his quest for the Republican presidential nomination. See this story. His name is now on the ballot in Arizona, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. He cannot remove his name from these ballots. Either these states don’t permit withdrawal, or it is too late to withdraw. Thanks to commenter David for this news.
Then there were 12
A truly amazing thing about the Republican primary season is this – one by one, a small handful of Republicans will be forced to confront reality and accept one single fact. That’s some kind of progress, anyway.
So buh-bye Georgie…one of a long line of Massachusetts Republican governors who couldn’t be bothered to finish out their term of office.
@Baronscarpia: George Pataki is from New York, not Massachusetts. And he served all three of his terms as governor in full.
Of the 12 mainstream Republican presidential candidates still running, 8 of them live in the south. The only non-southern resident candidates are Kasich, Christie, Santorum, and Trump.
Where is Carly Fiorina from?
Joshua –
Correct. My bad. Thank you for the correction.
Carly Fiorina has Texas roots. She now lives in Virginia. It is true the only time (before this year’s presidential race) that she ran for public office was in California, in 2010, for US Senate.