RFK Jr.’s Wild-Card Run
Third-party and independent candidates have always been on the sidelines of American politics, but they can exert power at key moments.
by Lora Kelley
Oct 17, 2023
5 minutes
Updated at 3:09 p.m. ET on October 18, 2023
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Is RFK Jr., the conspiracist scion of American political royalty, merely a nuisance, or will he present a genuine threat in 2024?
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A Wild Card
The Kennedy family is synonymous with the Democratic Party. And, for a time, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. framed for the Democratic presidential nomination as that of a “Kennedy Democrat” who believes in strong unions and the middle class. But
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