Republican candidates for the 2024 US presidential election will face off in a first debate in August held in the state of Wisconsin, a source close to the organization told AFP on Thursday.
Four Republicans are already in the race for the nomination, including former President Donald Trump and his ex-ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley.
Numerous applications
Many conservatives also plan to run in the next few months: Donald Trump's former vice-president, Mike Pence, his ex-head of diplomacy, Mike Pompeo, the governors of Virginia and New Hampshire... The Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' candidacy, a rising hard-right star, is one of the most anticipated.
The choice of Milwaukee, the largest city in Wisconsin, to organize this debate owes nothing to chance: this state in the Great Lakes region is hotly contested between Republicans and Democrats during each election.
It was won by a hair's breadth by Joe Biden in 2020.
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The candidate chosen by the Republican camp at the end of the primaries will face in November 2024 the one nominated by the Democratic Party.
No candidacy has yet been formalized among the Democrats, but President Joe Biden repeats over and over that he
“intends to run again”.
