One of the numerous Democratic candidates for President is joining Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg in ending his campaign and supporting former Vice President Joe Biden in the race to defeat current Republican President Donald Trump.
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has halted his campaign, according to the news network which he owns:
BREAKING: Michael Bloomberg is suspending his presidential campaign and endorsing Joe Biden after failing to persuade Democratic voters he was the best choice to defeat Trump https://t.co/SZ843W49Pd
— Bloomberg (@business) March 4, 2020
He failed to gain a large number of delegates through Super Tuesday for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, to be held in Milwaukee.
He is the third major Democratic candidate to end a campaign in recent days, leaving Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren as the remaining major candidates along with Tulsi Gabbard, who has only gained one delegate out of the 1,991 needed to win the Democratic nomination.
Biden has 453, while Sanders has 382, Warren 50 and Bloomberg 44.