Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told reporters that if the GOP has a contested convention this summer, the nominee would probably be someone who isn’t currently in the race.
“I think if it’s an open convention, it’s very likely it would be someone who’s not currently running,” Walker told reporters Thursday morning. “I mean, who knows. The one thing I qualify — it’s like the qualifications you see on those ads you see for car dealerships. I think any of us who comment on this election have to qualify that almost every prediction’s been off, so it’s hard to predict anything.”
Walker entered the presidential race last year and led many of the early polls, but as the campaign went on he quickly lost momentum and ran out of money. Walker dropped out of the race in September and called on the other candidates to unite against Donald Trump.
As the Wisconsin primary approaches on April 5, the governor also said that he has no plans to appear with a candidate until he makes an official endorsement. While both the Ted Cruz and John Kasich’s campaigns have reached out to him, he has yet to hear from the Trump campaign.
“I think at this point, we’re just appreciative that Wisconsin’s relevant in both primaries, both in the Republican and Democrat side,” Walker said. “So I think on behalf of the voters here, we appreciate any of the candidates, be it Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders or be it Donald Trump, Ted Cruz or John Kasich coming to the state,” Walker added.
Although polling has been scarce in Wisconsin, Trump currently leads the GOP field with 32.5 percent of the vote, followed by Cruz with 27.5 and then Kasich with 13.5, according to RealClearPolitics averages. Cruz appeared to be gaining on, and perhaps overtaking, Trump in the most recent Emerson poll.
