In an already crowded field of 16 other wannabes, a former governor of Virginia, Jim Gilmore, is seeking the Republican nomination in next year’s presidential election.
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He is up against candidates with considerably higher national profiles, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Sen.
Gilmore has not publicized an official campaign launch, but he told the Times-Dispatch he was planning a formal announcement during the first week of August.
A former army intelligence officer, Gilmore served as Virginia governor for one term from 1998 to 2002.
The field also includes current and former U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (Florida), Rand Paul (Kentucky), Lindsay Graham (South Carolina) and Rick Santorum (Pennsylvania).as well as Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina.
Debates on the Fox News channel will be restricted to the top 10 polling candidates but those on CNN will involve all of them. The network had previously said candidates had to poll at least 1 percent in an average of five recent national polls.
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Information for this article was contributed by Julie Bykowicz of The Associated Press and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times.
