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(CNN) - Senator Cory Booker announced Monday that he will end his campaign after not qualifying for the Democratic debate scheduled for Tuesday in Iowa.
"It was a difficult decision to make, but I came to this race to win, and I always said that I would not continue if there was no longer a path to victory," Booker said in an email to his followers on Monday.
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The announcement of the New Jersey Democrat came a day before six presidential candidates participate in the CNN / Des Moines Register debate in Des Moines, Iowa. He did not qualify for the event. It also occurred when the Senate prepares for the political trial of President Donald Trump.
“Our campaign has reached the point where we need more money to expand and continue building a campaign that can win: money we don't have and money that is harder to raise because I will not be in the next stage of debate and because the urgent issue of Political trial will keep me in Washington, ”Booker wrote.
His announcement marks another departure of a high-profile black candidate from the 2020 race. After not qualifying for the December debate, Booker criticized the rules that prevented him from qualifying for the event and was open about the growing lack of diversity on stage. .
The New Jersey Democrat ran for president with the goal of restoring a sense of community and repairing the moral fabric of the United States.
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