Republican Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton announced that he will not seek the 2024 GOP nomination for president, the first of the large expected crowd to make a public statement of his status, Politico reports.
In calls to donors and supporters, Cotton has said a presidential campaign would take him away from his two young sons, ages five and seven. However, it could more likely be that Cotton–an arguably less clownish Republican than the field is expected to be–simply doesn’t want to be part of the circus.