Elizabeth Warren has announced that she is ending her presidential campaign, following disappointing primary results on Super Tuesday.
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign, which focused on a promise to wipe out corruption in the US government. She announced her decision during a staff call on Thursday morning.
Warren said: "I wanted you all to hear it first, and I wanted you to hear it straight from me: Today, I'm suspending our campaign for president. I know that when we set out, this was not the call you ever wanted to hear. It is not the call I ever wanted to make."
"But I refuse to let disappointment blind me -- or you -- to what we've accomplished. We didn't reach our goal, but what we have done together -- what you have done -- has made a lasting difference. It's not the scale of the difference we wanted to make, but it matters -- and the changes will have ripples for years to come," she continued.
Since the first round of primaries in Iowa, where she placed third in voting, her chances of gaining the Democratic Party nomination apparently became slimmer as she dropped down to fourth in New Hampshire and Nevada and then fell to fifth in South Carolina.
She recently made known her plans to amass delegates through the late spring and make a play for the nomination as a unity candidate during the Democratic National Convention this summer.
However, she failed to capture her home state of Massachusetts, finishing third behind former vice president Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders.
Warren's exit follows those of Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg finished ahead of Warren in each of the four early state contests. Both him and Klobuchar endorsed Biden.
She has not yet indicated who she will be supporting moving forward.
