Asked how he would improve his performance over New Hampshire, Rubio told reporters that South Carolina’s first-in-the-South presidential preference primary on February 27 is a “conservative primary”.
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Campaign spokeswoman Samantha Smith said Christie shared his decision with staff at his campaign headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, late Wednesday afternoon, and also called donors and other supporters to give them the news.
Ms Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard chief executive, said in a Facebook post on Wednesday (Feb 10) she would suspend her campaign.
Christie walked away from the Iowa caucuses with no delegates and 1.8 percent of the vote.
He expected the GOP field to whittle down this week.
Hillary Clinton just said in her concession speech: “I know I have some work to do, particularly with young people”.
“I will continue to serve in order to restore citizen government to this great nation so that together we may fulfill our potential”, the statement said. Many Republicans were dissatisfied with eventual nominee Mitt Romney that year, and Christie carried on a long flirtation with entering the race himself before deciding not to.
Fiorina’s best moments of the campaign came in the first two presidential debates.
Fiorina also found herself facing a barrage of criticism from Planned Parenthood and its allies after her characterization during one debate of the undercover videos assailing the organization’s handling of fetal tissue proved inaccurate. “Maybe he can, but I don’t know”, Bush said. “I think he can do it”.
But Tuesday’s results appeared to be the final blow for a candidate whose campaign, at points, saw glimmers of hope, but had trouble from the get-go raising money and building support in a crowded Republican field dominated by another brash East Coaster, businessman Donald Trump.
The Ohio governor is a “new” candidate on voters’ radar after a surprise second place finish.
“He will obviously need to do well in SC or he will have a hard time continuing on”, said Steve Duprey, a Republican national committeeman from New Hampshire. He racked up a long list of notable endorsements from state legislative leaders and, at the end of 2015, looked like he was breaking into the top tier after a video of him discussing a friend’s struggle with drug addiction went viral.
The newly “chosen” front runner for the GOP establishment was constantly berated by Chris Christie in the debate Saturday night, which had a large impact on his numbers in New Hampshire. But Christie declined, saying that he didn’t feel like he was ready.
According to Christie’s campaign, the governor has ended his bid, the AP stated. At the same time, his aides took their game of doling out political favors and punishments too far, leading to one of the most dumbfounding political scandals in recent memory. Following his successful reelection in 2013, Christie was widely considered a front-runner for the Republican nomination this year.
Christie, a former prosecutor, grilled Sen.
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Christie joins a list of former Republican heavyweights to leave the race, including South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.
