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Warren's decision to suspend her campaign comes after her poor showing on Super Tuesday.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has suspended her campaign for the Democratic ticket for the 2020 presidential election, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
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Warren, who previously emerged as a top Democratic contender for the White House on the strength of an anti-corruption platform backed by a dizzying array of policy proposals, ended her campaign after a poor showing on Super Tuesday.
The former bankruptcy law professor who forged a national reputation as a scourge of Wall Street even before entering politics, Warren had banked on a strong showing on Super Tuesday after a string of disappointing finishes in the early states.
The senator was unable to close the gap on the two front-runners, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, despite her early success on the campaign trail.
Warren, 70, was the last woman among the top tier of candidates in a Democratic field that began as the most diverse in history. Her departure could provide a boost to fellow liberal Sanders if some of her support pivots to the senator from Vermont, though voters do not always follow ideological lines.
Six months ago Warren was ascendant, having steadily risen in national opinion polls after dozens of deeply researched policy rollouts led to the slogan: “Warren has a plan for that.”
She centered her campaign on battling the influence of money in politics, arguing that on every significant issue - gun control, climate change, healthcare - the power of corporate lobbyists and billionaires would stymie any opportunity to achieve meaningful change.
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