Bernie Sanders suspends 2020 campaign
Vice President Joe Biden congratulates Sen. Bernie Sanders at the Old Senate Chamber in 2013.
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By ELLIANA KOPUT
Less than 24 hours after Wisconsin’s controversial democratic primary election, for which votes have yet to be counted, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has announced that he will be dropping out of the 2020 presidential race.
Although numerous states, including Wyoming, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska and Georgia, have yet to hold their state and presidential primaries, former Vice President Joe Biden has become the presumptive presidential candidate to run against President Donald Trump.
Sanders made the decision over a conference call with staff members. He later publicized the announcement in a livestream on April 8.
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