No Labels Is Interviewing Potential Candidates. The List Is a Mystery.

“We’re now in the stage of having more serious conversations with a number of people,” said one of the group’s board members.

No Labels leadership
No Labels leaders know the clock is ticking. Jose Luis Magana/AP

No Labels is interviewing possible nominees for its closely watched effort to recruit a third-party presidential candidate, according to a longtime member of the nonpartisan group’s board of directors.

The list of potential candidates remains a mystery — and a source of rampant speculation in Washington as some politicians have surprisingly publicly opted out of joining the group’s ticket.

“We’re now in the stage of having more serious conversations with a number of people,” said Charlie Black, a veteran Republican lobbyist in Washington who serves on No Labels’ board.