Dropped Out

NBC News reports that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has “dropped out of the 2020 presidential race Friday, ending a long shot bid for the Democratic nomination that never went anywhere.”

The New York Times reports that “Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who presented herself in the presidential race as a champion of women and families, said Wednesday that she was withdrawing from the Democratic primary after failing to qualify for a third debate next month — a development she described as fatal to her candidacy.”

CBS News reports that “Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton is ending his presidential campaign, becoming the third candidate in the past week to drop out of the race.”

The Washington Post reports that Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who entered the 2020 contest by making the case that climate change is the central issue of our time, has dropped out of the Democratic presidential race.

The New York Times reports John Hickenlooper, the former Colorado governor announced that he was ending his presidential campaign.  

CNN reports that Representative Eric Swalwell has “dropp[ed] out of the 2020 race for president, concluding a short-lived bid for the Democratic nomination that failed to gain any traction.”