Howard Schultz Won't Run

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has decided against a run for president as an Independent:

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz won't run for president in 2020, ending his exploration of an independent run against President Donald Trump.

"My belief in the need to reform our two-party system has not wavered, but I have concluded that an independent campaign for the White House is not how I can best serve our country at this time," Schultz said in a letter posted to his website on Friday. (From CNN; read more here.)

Schultz was never an officially declared candidate, but he did a lot of the things candidates do when they're thinking about running, at least initially, so I'm adding him to the "I'm Not Running Anymore'' list:

I'm Not Running Anymore: Declared candidates who have dropped out:

1. Richard Ojeda (1/25/19)
2. Eric Swalwell (7/8/19)
3. John Hickenlooper (8/15/19)
4. Jay Inslee  (8/21/19)
5. Seth Moulton (8/23/19)
6. Kirsten Gillibrand (8/28/19)
7. Howard Schultz (9/6/19) 

There are now 20 candidates on the "I'm Running" list: 

I'm Running: Declared Democratic candidates, in order of their announcement

1. John Delaney (7/28/17) 
2. Andrew Yang (11/6/17) 
3. Elizabeth Warren (12/31/18)
4. Tulsi Gabbard (1/11/19)
5. Julián Castro (1/12/19)
6. Kamala Harris (1/21/19)
7. Pete Buttigieg (1/23/19)
8. Marianne Williamson (1/30/19)
9. Cory Booker (2/1/19)
10. Amy Klobuchar (2/10/19)
11. Bernie Sanders (2/19/19)
12. Beto O'Rourke (3/14/19)
13. Tim Ryan (4/5/19)
14. Joe Biden (4/25/19)
15. Michael Bennet (5/2/19)
16. Wayne Messam (Declared 3/28, added to this list on 5/2/19)
17. Steve Bullock (5/14/19)
18. Bill de Blasio (5/16/19)
19. Joe Sestak (6/22/19) 
20. Tom Steyer (7/9/19)

... only half of whom qualified to participate in the next debate on September 12: 

Days until the election: 422