On Monday, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced he will exit the 2020 Democrat primary for president after he failed to reach the 2% threshold to get on the debate stage.
“Today, I am suspending my campaign to become the Democratic Party’s nominee for President,” Bullock said in a statement. “While there were many obstacles we could not have anticipated when entering this race, it has become clear that in this moment, I won’t be able to break through to the top tier of this still-crowded field of candidates.”
Bullock ran on a platform of getting “Dark Money” out of politics, however, his message apparently didn’t resonate with Democrat voters, as they are flocking to far-left candidates South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sens. Bernie Sanders (D-VT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
Bullock’s spokesman Galia Slayan said in a statement that Bullock won’t run for Senate against incumbent Republican Sen. Steve Daines, writing, “While he plans to work hard to elect Democrats in the state and across the country in 2020, it will be in his capacity as a Governor and a senior voice in the Democratic Party — not as a candidate for U.S. Senate.”