California Secretary of State Leaves Trump on Ballot After Calls to Remove Him

Decision comes on heels of Maine’s Secretary of State ruling that President Trump cannot appear on the primary ballot in that state.

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he wraps up a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on Dec. 19, 2023. Scott Olson/Getty Images

California’s secretary of state has kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot despite the contrary decisions in Colorado and Maine that have sought to remove him.

On Dec. 28, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, a Democrat, certified the list of candidates ahead of the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election ballot.