Third-party and independent candidates for the 2024 United States presidential election

This article lists third party and independent candidates, also jointly known as minor candidates, associated with the 2024 United States presidential election.

Polling as of October 2023 for third-party candidates in this election cycle has suggested the highest level of support for such a candidate since Ross Perot in 1992 and 1996. Polls were especially high for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as of May 2024, who withdrew his candidacy in the Democratic Party primaries in October 2023 to run as an independent.

Candidates with majority ballot access
The following general election candidates currently have ballot access to at least 270 electoral votes, the minimum number required to attain the presidency. Ballot access deadlines vary from state to state.

Candidates with partial ballot access
The following general election candidates currently have ballot access to fewer than 270 electoral votes, the minimum number required to attain the presidency.

Candidates without ballot access
Parties and candidates in this section have not attained ballot access in any states.

Notable parties:
 * Legal Marijuana Now Party: Dennis Schuller (state party chairman, presidential nominee); Rudy Reyes (national party chairman, vice-presidential nominee)
 * Pirate Party: Vermin Supreme (performance artist, presidential nominee); Jonathan Realz (actor, vice-presidential nominee)
 * Socialist Party USA: Bill Stodden (nonprofit executive, presidential nominee); Stephanie Cholensky (political activist, vice-presidential nominee)
 * Socialist Equality Party: Joseph Kishore (SEP national secretary, presidential nominee); Jerry White (journalist, vice-presidential nominee)
 * Socialist Workers Party: Rachele Fruit (presidential nominee); Dennis Richter (vice-presidential nominee)
 * Transhumanist Party: Tom Ross, (technology and political activist, presidential nominee); Daniel Twedt (nonprofit executive and perennial candidate, vice-presidential nominee)
 * Unity Party of America: Paul Noel Fiorino (perennial candidate, presidential nominee); Matthew May (vice-presidential nominee)

Notable independents:
 * Johnny Buss, co-owner of the Los Angeles Lakers
 * Joseph "Afroman" Foreman, rapper
 * Tom Hoefling (Activist, presidential nominee); Andy Prior (vice-presidential nominee) with write-in access in Indiana (11 electors)
 * Taylor Marshall, Catholic podcaster and author
 * Krist Novoselic, musician
 * Emanuel Pastreich, academic, think tank president
 * Robby Wells, former college football coach and perennial candidate

Libertarian Party
The Libertarian Party is participating in several non-binding preference primaries in 2024. The party's presidential nominee will be chosen directly by delegates at the 2024 Libertarian National Convention, which is scheduled to be held on Memorial Day weekend from May 24 to 26, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Green Party
The Green Party is holding a series of presidential primaries through which convention delegates will be awarded to candidates and will nominate the party's presidential ticket at the 2024 Green National Convention, which is scheduled to take place as a virtual event from August 15 to 18, 2024.

The individuals listed below are declared candidates who have filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission with intent to run under the Green Party and who meet one or more of the following criteria: a) meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines; b) have participated (or have been invited to participate) in at least two Green Party-sponsored debates or c) have received non-trivial media coverage as a candidate in this election cycle.

Constitution Party
The Constitution Party held its presidential nominating convention on April 24–27, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Eight candidates sought the nomination:
 * Daniel Clyde Cummings, perennial candidate from Wyoming
 * Louis C. Hook from Mississippi
 * Brandon McIntyre from Georgia
 * Joel Skousen, author and survivalist from Utah
 * Ben Stewart
 * Randall Terry, author, anti-abortion activist, and Democratic candidate for president in 2012 from Tennessee
 * Samm Tittle, perennial candidate
 * Paul Venable, nominee for U.S. Senator from Missouri in 2022

Jim Harvey of Georgia (who ultimately did not seek the nomination), Joel Skousen, and Randall Terry participated in an April 6 debate in Dearborn, Michigan.

Terry won the nomination by securing a majority in the first round. The votes largely broke down along geographic lines. Skousen, who is from Utah, received all 61 votes from the delegations of the Four Corners states, but only 19 votes from the rest of the country combined. The only state delegations he carried outside of the region were New Hampshire and West Virginia. Venable won the majority of votes from South Carolina and his home state of Missouri and Daniel Cummings won a plurality in his home state of Wyoming. The remaining ten delegations were all won by Terry.

Pastor and political commentator Stephen Broden, who was running on a ticket with Terry, received the vice-presidential nomination via voice vote.

Aside from the presidential nomination, much of the debate at the convention focused on an ultimately defeated amendment by Skousen to remove references to God from the party platform.

The Constitution Party received 60,023 votes in the 2020 election.

The Nevada and Utah state parties split with the national party and nominated Skousen.



American Independent Party
The American Independent Party held a non-binding presidential preference primary in California on March 5, 2024. James Bradley was the only candidate listed on the ballot and defeated Andrew George Rummel, who was a recognized write-in candidate.

On April 29, 2024, the party announced that it had nominated independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Legal Marijuana Now Party
The Legal Marijuana Now Party held its first-ever presidential nomination primary in Minnesota on Super Tuesday, March 5. This was the first presidential primary to be held in Minnesota for a third party since 1916. Krystal Gabel withdrew from the race during Legal Marijuana Now Party's candidate filing discussions. When Gabel asked to be removed from the ballot, after early voting had started on January 19, 2024, the Minnesota Secretary of State's office stated that changes cannot be made to the list of candidates after the list was certified 63 days prior to the election, and Gabel's name remained on ballots.

Five candidates appeared on the ballot:
 * Edward Forchion, activist, and candidate for governor of New Jersey in 2021
 * Rudy Reyes, archeologist, and national LMN Party chairperson
 * Dennis Schuller, Minnesota LMN Party chairperson; former Richfield, Minnesota, municipal planning commission member (2011–2014)
 * Vermin Supreme, performance artist, activist, and perennial candidate from Massachusetts; former Libertarian Party Judicial Committee member (2020–2022) (Also running for the Democratic nomination)
 * Krystal Gabel, activist, and candidate for governor of Nebraska in 2018 (Withdrew January 26, 2024)

Of Minnesota's three major political parties, all of which included a write in option for their 2024 nominating primaries, only the Legal Marijuana Now party submitted to the Secretary of State a write in name to be counted, singer-songwriter Willie Nelson. 

Gabel won a plurality of the vote (28.8%), but withdrew ahead of the primary. Of declared candidates, Dennis Schuller finished in the lead, with 17.4%. At the state convention in Bloomington on July 6, Schuller was later chosen as the presidential nominee, with Reyes as his running mate. However, the party lost automatic ballot access in a May 2024 ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court, meaning party officials would have to petition for ballot access.

The party is also ballot-qualified in Nebraska, but no candidates qualified for the May 14 primary. Instead, the state affiliate party nominated Cornel West.

Peace and Freedom Party
The Peace and Freedom Party held a non-binding preference primary in California on Super Tuesday, March 5. Claudia De la Cruz, the nominee of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, won the primary with a plurality, defeating Jasmine Sherman and Cornel West. The party's presidential nominee will be chosen by the state central committee in August.

American Solidarity Party
The American Solidarity Party announced on June 2, 2023, that Peter Sonski had won their party's online primary, which lasted from May 24 to June 1. Sonski was nominated in the first round of ranked-choice voting with 52%. Sonski then selected Lauren Onak as his vice president, who was then officially nominated via unanimous consent.

Approval Voting Party
The Approval Voting Party received 409 votes for president in 2020. It is currently only ballot-approved in Colorado. On March 16, the party nominated Blake Huber for president and Andrea Denault for vice president.

Green Mountain Peace and Justice
The Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party is a regional ballot-qualified party in Vermont which has regularly nominated candidates for president since 1972. It nominated Gloria La Riva, the PSL nominee, in 2020. She received 166 votes in Vermont. On April 28, the party nominated independent candidate Cornel West for president.

Michigan party
The Michigan Natural Law Party held its nominating convention on April 17, 2024, where it nominated independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for President and Nicole Shanahan for Vice President. Party chairman Doug Dern claimed fellow independent candidate Cornel West also sought the party's ballot access.

In 2020, the Michigan party nominated Alliance Party nominee Rocky De La Fuente, who received 2,986 votes in Michigan.

Florida party
The party is also presidential ballot-qualified in Florida. The Florida party did not nominate a candidate in the 2020 election.

Prohibition Party
The Prohibition Party held its presidential nominating convention on May 8–9, 2023, in Buffalo, New York. Three candidates stood for nomination; Michael Wood was nominated on the first ballot.

Unity Party
The Bill Hammons-led faction of the Unity Party of America nominated Paul Noel Fiorino and Matthew May for president and vice president respectively at the 7th United National Convention over Google Meet on April 6, 2024.

However, the Colorado faction of the party, which has the party's ballot access, met on April 13, 2024, and nominated independent candidate Cornel West for president and his running mate, Melina Abdullah for vice president.

Withdrew before convention:
 * Bill Hammons, co-founder and chairman of the Unity Party; nominee for president in 2020
 * Donnie Harold Harris, business owner and write-in candidate for governor of Indiana in 2012

The party is currently only ballot-approved in Colorado. In 2020, party co-founder Bill Hammons was on the ballot in three states and received 6,647 votes.

Alliance Party
The Alliance Party received 88,236 votes for president in 2020. It and its affiliates are ballot-qualified in Alaska, Connecticut, and South Carolina.

Green Party of Alaska
The Green Party of Alaska, which is unaffiliated with the Green Party of the United States is ballot-qualified in Alaska. The party nominated Jesse Ventura for president in 2020 and received 2,673 votes.

Jasmine Sherman and Tanda BluBear were nominated as president and vice president, respectively.

The party has hosted a series of debates featuring the following candidates seeking the nomination:
 * Joseph "Afroman" Foreman, rapper and independent candidate for president
 * Brittany Jones, veteran and unaffiliated candidate for president from Oregon
 * Jasmine Sherman, Executive Director of Greater Charlotte Rise and Green Party candidate for president from North Carolina
 * Dashaun "Daví" Davis, activist and Green Party candidate for president
 * Emanuel Pastreich, president of the Asia Institute, academic, author, and withdrawn Green Party candidate for president from Massachusetts
 * Rollan Roberts, businessman and Republican candidate for president
 * Jay Torres, Republican candidate for president
 * Wayne Pope, veteran and Democratic candidate for president
 * Suzzanna Tanner, independent candidate for president
 * Susan Buchser-Lochocki, voting rights activist and unregistered candidate for president

Liberal Party
The Liberal Party, formerly the Association of State Liberty Parties, has qualified state parties in Massachusetts and New Mexico which were, until 2022, affiliated with the national Libertarian Party. These parties received a combined 59,598 votes in the 2 states.

Potential candidates

 * Chase Oliver, 2024 Libertarian Party nominee for president
 * Charles Ballay, 2024 Libertarian presidential candidate
 * Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2024 independent presidential candidate

Withdrawn candidates
The following notable individual(s) announced and then suspended their campaigns before the election:
 * Kanye West, rapper, candidate for president in 2020 (campaign) (endorsed Trump)

No Labels
The following individuals have declined to be candidates for the No Labels unity ticket. On April 4, 2024, the organization announced it would not run a presidential campaign.
 * Andy Beshear, Governor of Kentucky (2019–present), Attorney General of Kentucky (2016–2019) (endorsed Biden)
 * Bill Cassidy, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (2015–present)
 * Chris Christie, former Governor of New Jersey (2010–2018), Republican candidate for president in 2016 and 2024
 * Nikki Haley, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2017–2018) and Governor of South Carolina (2011–2017) (ran as a Republican)
 * Larry Hogan, former Governor of Maryland (2015–2023) (endorsed Haley; running for U.S. Senate)
 * Jon Huntsman Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Russia (2017–2019), U.S. Ambassador to China (2009–2011), Governor of Utah (2005–2009), Republican candidate for president in 2012
 * Will Hurd, U.S. Representative from TX-23 (2015–2021) (ran as a Republican; endorsed Haley)
 * Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator from West Virginia (2010–present), Governor of West Virginia (2005–2010), West Virginia Secretary of State (2001–2005)
 * William H. McRaven, Commander of the United States Special Operations Command (2011–2014) and Chancellor of the University of Texas System (2015–2018)
 * Pat McCrory, former Governor of North Carolina (2013–2017), Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina (1995–2009), candidate for U.S. Senator from North Carolina in 2022
 * David Petraeus, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2011–2012), commander of the International Security Assistance Force (2010–2011), commander of United States Central Command (2008–2010).
 * Dean Phillips, U.S. Representative from MN-03 (2019–present) and CEO of Phillips Distilling Company (2000–2012) (ran as a Democrat; endorsed Biden)
 * Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State (2005–2009) and United States National Security Advisor (2001–2005)
 * Mitt Romney, U.S. Senator from Utah (2019–present), Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007), Republican candidate for president in 2008 and nominee in 2012
 * Kyrsten Sinema, U.S. Senator from Arizona (2019–present), U.S. Representative from AZ-09 (2013–2019)
 * Chris Sununu, Governor of New Hampshire (2017–present) (initially endorsed Haley and later endorsed Trump)
 * Andrew Yang, co-chair of the Forward Party (2022–present), Democratic candidate for president in 2020 and for mayor of New York City in 2021 (endorsed Phillips)

Third party
The following notable individuals have been the subject of speculation about their possible candidacies, but have publicly denied interest in running.
 * Justin Amash, former United States Representative from MI's 3rd congressional district (2011–2021), member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 72nd district (2009–2011) (running for U.S. Senate)
 * Mark Cuban, investor and entrepreneur (endorsed Biden)
 * Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase
 * Howie Hawkins, co-founder of the Green Party and Green/Socialist nominee for president in 2020
 * Dwayne Johnson, actor, businessman and professional wrestler
 * Vivek Ramaswamy, executive chairman of Strive Asset Management (2022–2023) and CEO of Roivant Sciences (2014–2021) (ran as a Republican; endorsed Trump)
 * Dave Smith, stand-up comedian, libertarian political commentator, podcaster

Debates and forums
The Muslim Civic Coalition hosted a forum featuring Green Jill Stein and independent Cornel West on February 3 in Oak Brook, Illinois. The organization claimed all presidential candidates were invited to attend.

The Libertarian Party of California hosted two multiparty debates at their state convention February 24–25. The first night featured Libertarian candidates Michael Rectenwald and Mike ter Maat and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Green candidate Jill Stein was advertised as attending but ultimately did not. The second night featured Libertarian candidates Charles Ballay, Lars Mapstead, and Jacob Hornberger alongside independent candidate Cornel West.

Free & Equal Elections Foundation hosted a multiparty debate on February 29, 2024, moderated by the foundation's chair, Christina Tobin. Candidates were chosen via a point system style voting through the organization's "block-chain voting app" with an audit process after the fact. Socialism and Liberation nominee Claudia De la Cruz, independent candidates Cornel West and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Libertarian candidates Chase Oliver and Lars Mapstead, and Green candidates Jill Stein and Jasmine Sherman were invited, although Kennedy and West declined to attend. The two hour debate was broadcast on YouTube, Rumble, and C-SPAN among various other platforms. At one point, co-moderator Jason Michael Palmer remarked on the five candidates' relative agreement on social issues, although the debate became more combative towards the end. Jasmine Sherman won the organization's post-debate ranked choice voting poll.