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Jeb Bush rules out third-party run if Trump wins Republican nomination

By REUTERS

JANUARY 7, 2016 04:17

Updated: JANUARY 7, 2016 04:16

MEREDITH, NH- US Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday ruled out a third-party candidacy should Donald Trump win the party's 2016 nomination but held tight to his belief that Trump is a "jerk" and not qualified to be president.

At a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, a questioner asked the former Florida governor whether he would launch an independent run for the White House if Trump were to win the Republican nomination for the November 2016 presidential elections.

"No. I'm not going to run as a third-party candidate, no matter who wins the nomination," Bush said. "I've been supporting Republicans since Richard Nixon."

Trump, a billionaire real estate developer and reality television star, has been leading the Republican field.

Bush, lagging in the polls nationally and in the early voting state of New Hampshire but drawing energetic crowds during an intense focus on the state, insisted he would ultimately win the nomination.

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