2024 Presidential election: Who's running so far? Nikki Haley announces bid

It may only be the beginning of 2023, but the 2024 presidential election is already gearing up as two Republicans have already announced their bid for the White House and speculation is abound about who else will make a run.

Rumors, thoughts and speculation of who could be on the 2024 presidential ticket have already been swirling in the country and it probably won't die down anytime soon. Former President Donald Trump stoked the flame of followers on the campaign trail in 2022 for a possible 2024 bid on the Republican ticket and finally made the announcement just a week after the 2022 midterm election in November 2022 and now he is joined by another on the GOP ticket, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

Haley announced the start of her bid for president officially on Wednesday, Feb. 15, after weeks of teasing her possible bid.

President Joe Biden is studying a reelection bid in 2024 but has yet to make any formal announcement.

Here's what's already happening in the bid for the White House:

Nikki Haley announces her bid for the White House in SC

Hayley will formerly run for the 2024 Presidential race on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, with an event in Charleston, S.C.

Haley teased her presidential run for weeks, including a tweeted video this week in which she said: "It's time for a new generation to lead."

Along with serving as governor, Haley was picked in 2017 by then-President Trump as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. During her time as governor in South Carolina, Haley signed a bill that removed the Confederate flag from the top of the S.C. Capitol building in 2015 after nine people at a historic Black church were murdered.

If Haley makes it through the primaries, she would be the Republican Party's first female and first South Asian presidential nominee. She would also be the first woman of color to win the presidential nomination for a major party.

Donald Trump's announcement of 2024 presidential run

Trump dangled the proverbial carrot of a 2024 bid for a while during the 2022 midterm campaign and once again threw the notion out to his base during a November trip to Ohio where he stumped for GOP candidates and in a 2022 rally in Texas.

"I will probably have to do it again," Trump told supporters during the rally in Texas.

Less than a week after the midterm elections Trump announced his bid for the 2024 presidency on Nov. 15 from his Mar-a-Lago home.

Minutes before his scheduled 9 p.m. announcement, Trump filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission saying he was running for president in 2024, and setting up a fundraising account.

"America's comeback starts right now," Trump said during his speech at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida.

Who is running for president in 2024?

So far, a mix of candidates may try for a bid on the Republican or Democratic ticket in 2024.

And the former president might not be the only one eyeing a Republican bid. Other potential Republican primary challengers could be Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Trump's former vice president, Mike Pence.

Throughout the election season, DeSantis has done something many an aspiring presidential candidate has done and flown off and campaigned for Republican candidates in battleground states like Arizona, Ohio and Wisconsin. Trump endorsed several party members in 2022, but DeSantis was not among them.

And lastly is Biden, who could seek a reelection bid in 2024.

Even though the President will be 80 at the end of the month, he has stated he is healthy and eager to run again, especially if Trump is the opponent.

There has been no other Democrat who has hinted at a run so far, but that could always change.

When is the presidential election?

The next presidential election is in 2024, but like in years past the start of the campaign trail begins early.

After the midterms, more speculation on who will and who won't run for president until official candidacy announcements are made.

The 2024 election will be the 60th quadrennial presidential election and is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

USAToday contributed to this report.

Joyce Orlando is an audience specialist with the South Region Audience Team. She can be reached at jorlando@gannett.com.

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