Jon Huntsman Quits Race

Jon Huntsman Jr

Presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman Jr announced from South Carolina yesterday that he would be suspending his campaign for the Republican nominee of President of the United States. As Jon stated himself:

Today I am suspending my campaign for the presidency. I believe it is now time for our party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat Barack Obama. Despite our differences and space between us on some of the issues, I believe that candidate is Mitt Romney.

Huntsman was the other Mormon former governor, besides Mitt Romney, in the 2012 race, and it is thought that his his moderate…

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