Kanye West concedes presidential race but already has sights on 2024. Kanye West threw in the towel on his presidential run in the 2020 election and hinted at another long-shot bid four years from now β€” though he didn’t get many votes this time. West made the concession in a tweet after appearing on the ballot in 12 states in the presidential election between Democratic nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. β€œWELP,” West said in the tweet. β€œKANYE 2024.” West appeared on the ballot in 12 states and notched more than a thousand votes in all of the contests, according to preliminary tallies by The Associated Press. In Colorado, West got nearly 6,000 votes in a state that went to Biden. In Vermont, another state that went to Biden, West got more than 1,200 votes, according to the tally. In Arkansas, he got 3,979 votes; in Idaho, he got 2,309 votes; in Iowa, he got 3,179 votes; in Kentucky, he got 6,259 votes; in Louisiana, he got 4,837 votes; in Minnesota, he got 6,796; in Mississippi, he got 3,009 votes; in Oklahoma, he got 5,587 votes; in Tennessee, he got 10,188 votes; and in Utah, he got 4,053 votes, according to the preliminary tallies. West announced earlier Tuesday that he voted for himself, the first time he cast a ballot in a US presidential election. β€œGod is so good . . . Today I am voting for the first time in my life for the President of the United [More]