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Amimnoch

(4,558 posts)
Sat Nov 2, 2019, 08:44 AM Nov 2019

Beto O'Rourke ends his presidential bid after campaign failed to take off

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/beto-o-rourke-ends-2020-campaign-says-he-ll-work-n1074811

DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke dropped out of the 2020 presidential race Friday after a disappointing campaign that failed to build off the momentum generated from his longshot Texas Senate run.

"Though today we are suspending this campaign, let us each continue our commitment to the country in whatever capacity we can," he wrote in an email to supporters. "Though it is difficult to accept, it is clear to me now that this campaign does not have the means to move forward successfully."

Lagging in the polls and with fundraising, O'Rourke had yet to qualify for the Nov. 20 Democratic debate sponsored by MSNBC and The Washington Post.


Probably a good move at this point. Still a bit saddened, I had such high hopes early on for this candidate. Would have been a great thing for us to have had Texas as a strong battleground contender imo.
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Beto O'Rourke ends his presidential bid after campaign failed to take off (Original Post) Amimnoch Nov 2019 OP
More here left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 #1
Thanks.. I'd looked down the page, Amimnoch Nov 2019 #2
 

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
1. More here
Sat Nov 2, 2019, 08:49 AM
Nov 2019
O'Rourke ends presidential bid

Fri Nov 1, 2019
04:18 PM

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287331471
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Amimnoch

(4,558 posts)
2. Thanks.. I'd looked down the page,
Sat Nov 2, 2019, 08:59 AM
Nov 2019

But apparently not far enough. I was shocked that I didn’t see one already posted, and even more shocked now that the announcement got such little response.

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