Sources: After Poor Caucus Performance, O’Malley Will Suspend Campaign Monday Night
(The Blaze) – Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will suspend his campaign Monday night, sources close to the campaign confirmed to TheBlaze.
O’Malley’s announcement comes after what sources described as a “tough, unprecedented year.” And despite sources saying he was the most accessible candidate who spent the most time in Iowa, the former government just couldn’t seem to pull it off in the Hawkeye State.
O’Malley is expected to make the announcement at Wooly’s in Des Moine, Iowa.
While O’Malley said that he planned to siphon voters away from fellow Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, that just wasn’t the case in Iowa on Monday as he hovered back and forth between 0 and 1 percent.
“The Iowa caucuses usually have a way of changing the dynamic of this race,” O’Malley said over the weekend. “I am a challenger candidate in the same vein as many other candidates that none of us ever heard of until they surprised in Iowa — Jimmy Carter and many, many others.”
Even with his guitar in tow, O’Malley just didn’t seem to strike a chord with Democratic voters as he predominately stayed within single digits in Real Clear Politics’ aggregated polling data.
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