COLUMBIA, S.C. – Sen. Tim Scott on Wednesday launched an exploratory committee for a 2024 GOP presidential bid, a step that comes just shy of making his campaign official. A quick rundown on exploratory committees, how they're used and why:WHAT IS AN EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE? By launching an exploratory committee, a potential candidate gets dual waves of media attention — the launch of the committee and then the official candidacy. By launching his exploratory committee this week, Scott will have almost the entire second quarter of this year to amass his fundraising, in hopes of showcasing a significant number at its end. A month before his White House launch, then-Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama announced an exploratory committee.

Source: The Nation April 12, 2023 22:31 UTC