Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Will Amash and Ventura Shake Up the Race?

Third-party candidates can sometimes sway a presidential election. Don’t count on it this time.

April 29, 2020 at 11:38 AM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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Representative Justin Amash, former Republican and current independent from Michigan, has jumped into the presidential race as a Libertarian Party candidate. This follows news that Jesse Ventura, the former governor of Minnesota, may run for the Green Party nomination.