Sen. Cory Booker, who built his presidential campaign around the message of rising together as a nation, ended his bid for the White House.
about the status of the campaign's finances, saying the campaign needed to raise $1.7 million in 10 days.
Booker didn't qualify for the December or January debates, after qualifying for all previous debates. His average national polling numbers were at 1.8%,In the 4th quarter of 2019, Booker raised $6.6 million, which was his largest fundraising haul to date. However, he still trailed many of his other Democratic opponents, such as Sen. Bernie Sanders who brought in a whopping $34 million and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who raised $24.7 million.
"I have to say that we started with one of the most diverse fields in our history, giving people pride, and it's a damn shame now that the only African American woman in this race, who has been speaking to issues that need to be brought up, is now no longer in it," Booker said previously.. However, he consistently polled in the lower single digits. He was at 3% with likely Democratic caucusgoers in the Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll published Friday.
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