(RNN) — Incumbent Communications Minister and declared candidate for the Constructive Party's Prime Minister nomination has suspended his bid, this comes weeks after he became the presumed favorite to win the nomination. In a hypothetical general election matchup against Prime Minister Riost however, a recent RNN poll showed that a race between the two would be very close as the incumbent Prime Minister led by only two points.
In an on-the-record interview with RNN, Thornian stated that he would not be running for the Constructive party's nomination. He noted that he believed he could run competitively with Riost, and perhaps even defeat him, but conceded that prevailing in a three-way primary race against Sen. Trump and Pence (CON) and Roleplay Director Russian Empire (CON) would be difficult. Although he is dropping out of the race, Thornian made it clear that he would not remain silent during the Constructive party's primary election. Thornian went on to say that he encourages and endorses Calponia's candidacy for the Constructive nomination, furthermore he stated the following about the two already-declared Constructive candidates ... "I don't think T&P nor Russian [Empire] have the capacity to run for the Constructivists. " Thornian even doubled-down on his support for Calponia by stating that he hopes " T&P and Russian lose the primaries ". This comes as a shock as Calponia has not even been mentioned in the race for Prime Minister, but if he announces his intention to run in the primary then he would be considered the dark horse candidate as he is one of the more popular members within the party as well as the New Western Atlantic at-large. Calponia's support will likely stem from Thornian's base as both appeal to the more mainstream center-right portion of the party, this is in stark contrast to the more populist sect that is overwhelmingly backing Trump and Pence's bid for Prime Minister. If Calponia is able to seize on this momentum and fill the void that Thornian has left; then the road to becoming Prime Minister is now wide open as Calponia could hand the Activists defeat in the Winter General Election, provided that he is able to secure the Constructive nomination first.
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