2024 presidential candidates get immortalized as bobbleheads

Judy Kurtz
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Win or lose in Iowa, the field of GOP White House hopefuls is receiving a distinctive honor: their own bobbleheads.

The Republican presidential candidates, along with President Biden, are depicted as mini, head-shaking figures as part of a lineup announced Friday by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum.

Former President Trump, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie are among the five Republican contenders featured. Although Christie, New Jersey’s former governor, exited the race earlier this week, a National Bobblehead Hall of Fame rep told ITK he would stay in the mix, “as we think he’ll continue to be a talking head when it comes to the 2024 election.”

The $30 bobbleheads — a complete set of six candidates will set customers back $175 — are “individually numbered to 2,024 for the election year,” according to the company. Each bobblehead version of the presidential candidates “is smiling and waving while standing behind a replica yard sign bearing their name.”

While the Iowa caucuses are being held Monday, the bobbleheads are expected to ship in May.

“The historic 2024 presidential election is expected generate a lot of conversation leading up to the big day,” National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar said in a news release. “What a better way to support your favorite candidate or follow along with the process than with a bobblehead!”

It’s far from the first time that the Milwaukee-based company has drawn some bobblehead-sized inspiration from political and pop culture figures.

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has created bobbleheads resembling special counsel Jack Smith, a talking figure of former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) that played some of his “biggest lies,” Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the Bidens’ cat, Willow, among others.

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