--- title: Jim Webb Mulling Independent Run for the White House description: Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb will announce Tuesday he is considering an independent bid for the White House. canonical: https://time.com/4078905/jim-webb-independent/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-19T21:16:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:59.835Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jim Webb Mulling Independent Run for the White House og:description: He'll hold a press conference tomorrow. og:url: https://time.com/4078905/jim-webb-independent/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c8021bd9fa0d20f/698867e4428a9ed8e9ccf962/jim-webb.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Sen. 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Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Oct 19, 2015 9:16 PM UTC Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb will announce Tuesday he is considering an independent bid for the White House, his campaign announced, as his long-shot bid for the Democratic nomination continues to flounder. Webb will hold a press conference at the National Press Club “to discuss his candidacy, the campaign and his views of\` the political parties in the current election cycle,” the campaign said in a statement. His performance in last week’s Democratic debate was widely panned, with the candidate spending much of his time complaining he wasn’t a part of the discussion on stage. Webb stands at 1.2 percent support nationally, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average, and hasn’t polled above 3 percent in any of the early voting states. Webb has raised a paltry $691,972 through the end of September, his campaign revealed in its quarterly filing with the Federal Election Commission, and has just $316,765 on hand. **Read Next:** [_Jim Webb Enters 2016 Race Leaning on Foreign Policy_](http://time.com/3945196/jim-webb-2016-foreign-policy/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4078905/jim-webb-independent/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4078905/jim-webb-independent/"},"headline":"Jim Webb Mulling Independent Run for the White House","datePublished":"2015-10-19T21:16:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:59.835Z","description":"Former Virginia Sen. 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