Mike Pence Suspends Presidential Bid: ‘This Is Not My Time’

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The former vice president announced the end of his bid for the White House but vowed to keep up the fight.

Former Vice President Mike Pence announced Saturday that he has ended his bid for the White House.

He came to the conclusion after traveling across the country in the last six months, Mr. Pence said at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas.

“Last June, I announced my intention to seek the Republican nomination for president of the United States because I believe this county is in a lot of trouble,” he said on the stage. “[After] traveling across the country over the past six months … it’s become clear to me: this is not my time.”

“So after much prayer and deliberation, I have decided to suspend my campaign for president, effective today,” Mr. Pence added. “I’m leaving this campaign, but let me promise you I will never leave the fight for conservative values, and I will never stop fighting to elect principled Republican leaders to every office in the land.”

Mr. Pence’s announcement came after disappointing poll results, and it makes him the first major candidate to leave a race that has been dominated by his former boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump.

An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll from August found that the majority of U.S. adults, 57 percent, viewed Mr. Pence negatively, with only 28 percent having a positive view.

The decision, more than two months before the Iowa caucuses that he had staked his campaign on, saves Mr. Pence from the embarrassment of failing to qualify for the third Republican primary debate, on Nov. 8 in Miami.

The latest campaign filing shows Mr. Pence had $1.18 million in the bank and $621,000 in debt at the end of September. That debt has probably grown in the weeks since and may take years for Mr. Pence, who is not independently wealthy, to pay off.

“The Vice President has been a prayer partner, a friend, and a man of integrity and deep conviction. The Republican Party is stronger today because of Mikeโ€™s leadership. I have no doubt Mike and Karen will continue to serve this nation and honor the Lord in all they do,” Tim Scott, one of the Republican presidential candidates, said in a statement.

Byย Allen Zhong

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