Richard Ojeda Drops out of 2020 Race
By 270toWin Staff
January 25, 2019
Former West Virginia State. Sen. Richard Ojeda has ended his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination. Ojeda had concluded that the campaign wasn't winnable. The move comes less than two weeks after Ojeda resigned his seat in the West Virginia Senate so that he could pursue the presidential run.
Ojeda made his announcement via a Facebook post. He is the first announced Democrat to withdraw.
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