Here is how Trump’s GOP opponents feel about prospective 2024 campaigns.

The 2024 presidential election campaign season got underway when former President Trump announced his candidacy as the first significant contender one week after the midterm elections.

Since his first election as president in 2016, Trump has been without a doubt the Republican Party’s leader. However, he has been under fire from both supporters and enemies for the party’s underwhelming showing in the midterm elections.

In the wake of the midterm elections, a number of prominent Republicans have shown interest in seeking the presidency and their readiness to run against Trump.

Here are the positions of more probable Republican contenders for president in 2024.

Cheney, Liz

After the Capitol uprising on January 6, 2021, Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) became one of the leading Republicans to criticize President Trump. She also served as vice chairperson of the House select committee looking into the incident and the previous president’s involvement in it.

After losing her primary to a candidate favored by Trump in August, Cheney said that she was “thinking about” running for president. She said in an interview with Politico that she wasn’t sure whether she would run as an independent or in the Republican primary.

At The Washington Post’s Global Woman’s Summit last month, the departing representative said that she is “certain” Trump will never again hold the office of president. She said in September that if Trump secures the Republican nominee, she will leave the party.

Christie Chris

Chris Christie, a former governor of New Jersey, supported Trump during the 2016 and 2020 elections but broke with him after the 2020 contest was over. Since then, Christie has become more outspoken about his opposition to Trump, most recently blaming the former president for the GOP’s midterm election performance.

His most recent comments came after some Trump-backed candidates who were seen as less likely contenders for the general election lost crucial contests. Due of recent setbacks, Republicans just narrowly took control of the House while Democrats kept their majority in the Senate.

Christie said he was not ruling out running for president a second time, as his first attempt was in 2016, during an interview on “Real Time With Bill Maher” in October. When asked at the time whether a non-Trump candidate might win the nomination, he said that he preferred to wait and see what happened in the midterm elections.

Cruz, Ted

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas was one of Trump’s main rivals in the Republican primary elections of 2016, but he later became one of his closest friends in the Senate during his presidency. Cruz has nonetheless made it known that he would think about running against Trump in 2024.

He announced his intention to seek for a third term in the Senate in 2024 at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual gathering last month, but he dodged the topic of whether he should be considered a potential presidential contender, saying there would be “plenty of time” to address it.

DeSantis, Ron

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has routinely finished second in fictitious GOP primary surveys all year, but polling conducted after the midterm elections has showed that he is narrowing the gap with Trump even more, and in some instances, is even ahead.

In head-to-head contests between DeSantis and Trump in four crucial states last month—Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida, and Georgia—DeSantis was ahead in the polls. And while though Trump still had a sizable lead, his support increased by 11 points from the previous month in a nationwide Harvard CAPS-Harris survey conducted last month.

The Florida governor, who comfortably won reelection by 20 points, and Republicans in the state did well across the board, according to analysts, was a significant winner in the midterm elections.

DeSantis has mostly kept quiet about any prospective presidential aspirations and has refrained from confronting Trump directly. At a news conference on Thursday, he condemned the Republican Party’s “great underperformance” in the midterm elections and said Florida was an example of “how it’s done” for the party.

A book detailing his formative years and time spent in the military and the government, titled “The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival,” is also scheduled for publication in late February. Books have often been released in conjunction with presidential campaign announcements.

Nicolle Haley

Nikki Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the UN, originally said that she would not seek the president if Trump launched a third campaign for the White House. But after the midterms, she has shifted her position.

She said that when the midterm elections are completed, she would consider running “in a serious fashion” during the Republican Jewish Coalition conference last month.

However, she said, “I’ve never lost an election. And I’m not going to start right now.

At a Clemson University event earlier this week, Haley, who has also held the office of governor of South Carolina, said that she would take some time over the holidays to consider the “issue.”

Louie Hogan

Since Trump began his first campaign for president, the governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, has been a vociferous opponent of the former president, refusing to cast his ballot for him in 2016 and pondering a primary fight against him in 2020.

During an interview on MINIECHAT’s “State of the Union” last month, Hogan did not refute the assertion that he was a potential 2024 candidate, stating he believes the “road is much wider today” than it was a few weeks ago.

“Like I’ve done in Maryland,” said Hogan, a moderate Republican who comfortably won the governor’s office in a very blue state.

Hutchinson, Asa

Asa Hutchinson, the governor of Arkansas, has urged the GOP to move beyond the “Trump era” and said that in the wake of the midterm elections, the party needed more voices of “reality.” He said that he agreed with the criticism that Trump has faced from former allies since the election.

In a recent interview with “MINIECHAT This Morning,” Hutchinson said that he is “very seriously” considering running and that he plans to make a decision in January. He said that since Trump is a “known quantity” who sows “chaos,” he is unlikely to prevail in a Republican primary.

I’m pleased that a conservative, sensible governor who has really handled issues may get support and be a viable option, Hutchinson added.

Michael Pence

Since refusing to support the previous president’s efforts to annul the results of the 2020 election, former Vice President Mike Pence has come under harsh criticism from Trump. Prior to a potential presidential bid, Pence has made a number of prominent public appearances and has criticized Trump for his involvement in the uprising.

Prior to the midterm elections, he went to early primary states including Iowa and New Hampshire to campaign with Republican candidates. He also gave speeches presenting his party’s platform.

When asked whether he would vote for Trump again at a Georgetown University event in October, he said, “There could be someone else I like better.”

Pence said that he anticipates “better possibilities” than Trump for the GOP nomination in the future in an interview with ABC’s David Muir after the midterm elections. Pence also appeared with MINIECHAT’s Jake Tapper for a town hall to promote his most recent book.

Iain Pompeo

Mike Pompeo, a former secretary of state who supported Trump wholeheartedly throughout his administration, has shown interest in running for office.

On the day Donald Trump declared his campaign, Pompeo assured conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that the news wouldn’t have any bearing on his own choice to run or not. He urged the party to be “more serious” and “less noisy.”

He said, “We need leaders who are looking forward, not peering in the rearview mirror and blaming victims.”

Trump said that the GOP would get “weary of winning,” while Pompeo tweeted after the news that the party is “tired of losing.” Prior to his speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition event, where several suspected GOP presidential hopefuls were expected to speak, he sent out a tweet.