Independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. will appear on the presidential ballot in South Carolina this November, his campaign announced on Friday, alongside his running mate Nicole Shanahan. 

Kennedy will now officially appear on the ballot in eight states so far, and has qualified for ballot access in nine other states. The Kennedy-Shannahan ticket will now appear on the ballot in Utah, Michigan, California, Delaware, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Texas, and South Carolina. 

The Independent's newest victory comes after he was nominated for president by the Alliance Party, which has filed all the proper paperwork to get him on South Carolina's ballot.

“I proudly accept the Alliance Party’s nomination for president of the United States,” Kennedy said in a statement. “Their leadership and members have demonstrated an inspiring commitment to values that revitalize our representative democracy.”

Kennedy is considered a dark horse in the race for the presidency, with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump as the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees, respectively. Both will be confirmed as the nominees at their party's convention this summer.

“After thoroughly reviewing Presidents Biden and Trump’s past performance in office, their platforms, and their extremely narrow, ultra-partisan view of how democracy should be allowed to work to benefit all Americans, we believe Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be the only logical choice for president,” Jim Rex, former South Carolina State Superintendent of Education and national chair emeritus of the Alliance Party, said in a statement.

Kennedy has been touted as a potential spoiler candidate for both Trump and Biden. Kennedy also recently filed a complaint against CNN for allegedly discriminating against him by requiring different criteria for him to participate in a presidential debate than for Trump and Biden.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just the News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.