https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-bloomberg-suspends-presidential-campaign-after-super-tuesday-showMike Bloomberg suspends presidential campaign after Super Tuesday flop
By Paul Steinhauser, Kelly Phares | Fox News
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Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign Wednesday after a disappointing Super Tuesday performance.
The decision comes after the Democratic candidate won only the American Samoa caucuses. This, after spending hundreds of millions of dollars from his own fortune on his 2020 bid -- centered on a strategy of skipping the early-primary stories in favor of Super Tuesday.
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He immediately announced he would be endorsing Joe Biden.
"I’m a believer in using data to inform decisions. After yesterday’s results, the delegate math has become virtually impossible – and a viable path to the nomination no longer exists. But I remain clear-eyed about my overriding objective: victory in November," Bloomberg said in his statement.
And in backing the former vice president, Bloomberg emphasized “I’ve known Joe for a very long time. I know his decency, his honesty, and his commitment to the issues that are so important to our country – including gun safety, health care, climate change, and good jobs."
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Bloomberg flirted with a White House run in late 2018 and early 2019, but decided in March of last year to forgo a bid, as Biden was ramping up a campaign and Bloomberg didn't want to split the moderate vote.
He later reversed course, but took the exceedingly risky path of skipping Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, placing his bets on posting big numbers in the 14 Super Tuesday states. He blanketed the airwaves with ads from coast-to-coast, and had been gaining traction in national polls, only to lose steam after rocky debate performances.
Fox News' Patrick Ward contributed to this report.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in New Hampshire.
