- Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson suspended her campaign on Wednesday
- She received just 2.9 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s Nevada primary
- ‘First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you don’t win :)…” she told supporters in an email
Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson dropped out of the presidential race on Wednesday after a disappointing performance in Tuesday’s Nevada primaries.
Williamson, a best-selling author and self-help guru, was one of only two major challengers to President Joe Biden’s ascent to the Democratic nomination.
Her rise to national prominence was spurred by Oprah Winfrey in the 1990s, as a frequent guest on her daytime talk show, and then again in 2020, when she first ran for the Democratic nomination.
In a video for supporters, she said: ‘I recently read a quote that said ‘sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful too.’
“And so today, even though it is time to suspend my campaign for president, I want to see the beauty and I want all of you to support me incredibly on this journey, as donors, as supporters, as a team and as volunteers, to also see the beauty,” she said.
Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson dropped out of the presidential race on Wednesday after a disappointing performance in the Nevada primaries
‘We can get so much out of this. And that includes knowing that we captured it in a way that we should all be proud of,” Williamson added.
She also told her supporters in an email: “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you don’t win :)…’
“While the extent of our failure is obvious to all, some degree of success is still real,” she continued. “And I’m not just glad we did that; I’m proud of it.’
ABC News first reported this Williamson’s decision. She officially entered the race in March.
Williamson actively campaigned in New Hampshire — bypassing time in South Carolina last weekend, where Biden was dominant — and then placed her bets on Nevada.
However, the Silver State primary on Tuesday was immediately called for the incumbent president after polls closed.
She received just under 3,200 votes – or 2.9 percent – while Biden dominated 89.3 percent.
With the departure of Marianne Williamson from the Democratic primaries, President Joe Biden is left with just one mainstream rival, Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, who has campaigned on the president’s age and fitness for office.
In New Hampshire, she received about 5,000 votes, or 4 percent of the total.
In South Carolina, she received about 2,700 votes and 2.1 percent of the vote.
Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, who is also challenging the 81-year-old president, entered the race too late to appear on the ballot in Nevada.
Phillips has indicated he plans to stay in the race.
In posts on X Tuesday and Wednesday, he pushed back against critics angry that he is making an issue of Biden’s age and eligibility for office.
“I’m being attacked for being honest and saying the quiet part out loud — the part that DC insiders only do in private,” Phillips said Tuesday.
The congressman said he admired Biden, voted for him and campaigned for him and that the commander in chief had always been “gracious” to Phillips’ family.
“But shame on you all for pretending everything is fine,” he told his Democratic critics. “You’re leading us—and him—to disaster, and you damn well know it.”
After withdrawing from the Democratic primaries in 2020, Williamson — like the rest of the Democratic field — endorsed Biden against then-incumbent President Donald Trump.