Friday, January 10, 2020

Marianne Williamson Drops Out - Updated: Cory Booker's Out Too

The winnowing continues. Marianne Williamson has dropped out of the Democratic presidential race:


I don't have a lot of feelings about this one way or the other. I've never read any of Williamson's books or engaged with any of her work, not to mention that she was never a realistic candidate. I've updated the lists below.

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. Pete Buttigieg (1/23/19)
  6. Amy Klobuchar (2/10/19)
  7. Bernie Sanders (2/19/19)
  8. Joe Biden (4/25/19)
  9. Michael Bennet (5/2/19)
  10. Tom Steyer (7/9/19)
  11. Deval Patrick (11/13/19)
  12. Michael Bloomberg (11/24/19)

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) * Ran as an Independent   
  8. Bill de Blasio (9/20/19)
  9. Tim Ryan (10/24/19)
  10. Beto O'Rourke (11/1/19)
  11. Wayne Messam (11/20/19)
  12. Joe Sestak (12/1/19)
  13. Steve Bullock (12/2/19)
  14. Kamala Harris (12/3/19)
  15. Julián Castro (1/2/20)
  16. Marianne Williamson (1/10/20)
  17. Cory Booker (1/13/20)

Of the candidates who remain in the race, six have qualified for next week's debate, the final one before actual voters have their say in Iowa on
February 3:
  1. Joe Biden
  2. Pete Buttigieg
  3. Amy Khlobuchar
  4. Bernie Sanders
  5. Elizabeth Warren
  6. Tom Steyer

Days until the Iowa caucuses: 23

Days until the Election: 297

Update on Monday, January 13: Cory Booker has dropped out of the race. I've updated the lists above. 

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