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Michael Bloomberg to suspend presidential campaign
Michael Bloomberg, who spent hundreds of millions of dollars to self-fund his 2020 presidential run, announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign after a poor performance on Super Tuesday, according to a source familiar. The state of play: Bloomberg opted to skip campaigning in early states, staking his candidacy on a string of Super Tuesday victories to launch him to frontrunner status, but that plan was ultimately felled by the resurgence of Joe Biden's campaign. Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar both exited the race between the South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday and chose to back Biden — along ... (full story)
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NEWS: Mike Bloomberg drops out of the presidential race and endorses Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/QQeZnTh68E
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 4, 2020