Duncan Hunter is a Congressman from California since 1981 and a Vietnam War veteran. He decided to run for the presidential nomination as a long shot trying to appeal mainly to military personal. His main campaign platform was border security.
Hunter campaign started badly as he was in seventh place in Iowa and New Hampshire. In Michigan, he did even worse coming in eighth place. Hunter placed all his hope in the military votes in South Carolina. However, South Carolina and Nevada showed Hunter he did not have enough support so he withdrew from the race.
His failure to capture voters was credited lack of funds and media attention. He decided after dropping out to support Mike Huckabee.
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