In a statement, Ryan said his seven-month campaign accomplished what he intended it to, though the moderate Democrat never made it out of single-digits in a race dominated by former Vice President Joe Biden and left-leaning U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
“I got into this race in April to really give voice to the forgotten people of our country: the workers who have been left behind, the businesses who have been left behind, the people who need health care or aren’t getting a quality education or are saddled by tremendous debt,” Ryan said in the statement. “I’m proud of this campaign because I believe we’ve done that.”
After drops in fundraising performance and polling, Ryan didn’t qualify for the last two Democratic Party debates. His campaign had just $160,000 on hand as of his last campaign finance report, and at least two of his high-level campaign staff members departed the campaign this fall.
Ryan says he will now focus on winning re-election in his district, which he has represented since 2013.
There are now 18 contenders remaining in the Democratic Party’s presidential primary.
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This article appears in Oct 23-29, 2019.
He has been on the presidential rubber chicken circuit for several years. This official campaign was doomed from the start when there was no national bounce after positioning himself as the vocal anti-Nancy Pelosi within the Beltway wing of the Democratic Party.
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