Another candidate has dropped out of the field.
Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee is dropping out of the 2016 Democratic primary.
Chafee’s campaign announced the news in a press release on Friday. He announced the news himself while speaking at the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum Friday morning.
“After much thought I have decided to end my campaign for president today,” Chafee said.
Chafee, who also served as a U.S. senator and the mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island, announced his presidential campaign in June, jumping in the Democratic primary race behind former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Formerly a Republican, Chafee switched his party affiliation to Democrat in 2013.
Chaffee’s candidacy was pretty much dead on arrival. He failed to gain any traction and then muddled his way through a disastrous debate performance, where he excused a crucial vote on the repeal of Glass Steagall by suggesting that everyone gets a mulligan. Still, his exit narrows the field and gives a broader platform to Hillary Clinton.
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