Julián Castro is ending his bid for the presidency, citing the difficult “circumstances of this campaign season”
Julián Castro has suspended his presidential campaign. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images With the Iowa caucuses a month away, former Housing secretary Julián Castro said Thursday that he is ending his bid for the presidency.
Castro’s weak polling kept him out of the last two debates and led him to advocate for the Democratic National Committee to change its qualification criteria. The DNC said no. Castro also raised issues in recent months with Iowa and New Hampshire playing such a prominent role in the presidential nominating process.
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