Farewell, Swalwell: As One 2020 Democrat Drops Out, Will Others Follow?

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Someone finally jumped out of the clown car.

Exactly three months after announcing his presidential bid, Representative Eric Swalwell of California became the first serious Democratic primary candidate to end his campaign.

“The polling wasn’t moving after the debate,” Mr. Swalwell told reporters Monday afternoon. “We didn’t want to just screw around here. We wanted to grow with the threshold, and if we didn’t, we wanted to get out.”

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Democrats had fretted over the possibility of a drawn-out primary battle, but strategists, politicians and officials are growing more confident that the field will narrow soon after the Iowa caucuses in early February.

Source: The New York Times

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