Beto O'Rourke Dropping Out of Presidential Race

Democrat Beto O'Rourke, a former congessman from Texas, said Friday he is dropping out of the presiential race.

He made the announcement in a post on medium.com.

"We will work to ensure that the Democratic nominee is successful in defeating Donald Trump in 2020," he wrote. "I can tell you firsthand from having the chance to know the candidates, we will be well served by any one of them, and I’m going to be proud to support whoever that nominee is."

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