(CNN) Deval Patrick , the former Massachusetts governor who in November made a late entrance into the Democratic 2020 race, ended his campaign on Wednesday, according to a statement provided to CNN.

"I believed and still believe we had a strong case to make for being able to deliver better outcomes," Patrick said. "But the vote in New Hampshire last night was not enough for us to create the practical wind at the campaign's back to go on to the next round of voting. So I have decided to suspend the campaign, effective immediately."

He added: "I am not suspending my commitment to help -- there is still work to be done. We are facing the most consequential election of our lifetime. Our democracy itself, let alone our civic commitments to equality, opportunity and fair play, are at risk.

The announcement comes after Patrick, by getting less than 1,300 votes, turned in a disappointing performance on Tuesday night in New Hampshire, his neighboring state.

A disheartened Patrick told supporters on Tuesday night that he and his wife needed to "go home and rest and reflect on this outcome and make some decisions tomorrow morning about what the future of this campaign can and should be."

"No matter whether it is a candidate for president, or as a public citizen. I'm going to stay involved," Patrick said. "No matter what decision we make tomorrow morning about the practical ability of this campaign to continue. I'm going to stay involved, and so must you."

That conversation led Patrick to decide to end his campaign. He will email his supporters later on Wednesday to explain his decision.

Patrick had skipped the Iowa caucuses and pinned his hopes on stronger-than-expected performances in New Hampshire and South Carolina as the Democratic field winnowed.

His hope: Regional connections in New England, and his appeal as the last African American candidate in southern states where black voters make up the majority of the Democratic electorate, would lead voters to give him a late look.

But, in the end, he was merely a blip in New Hampshire, overshadowed by the top-tier candidates.

Patrick's campaign underscored the difficulty of jumping into a presidential race months after other campaigns had begun raising money, hiring staffers, recruiting volunteers and developing policy platforms.

He'd hired some staffers, including campaign manager Abe Rakov, who had just departed former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke's campaign after O'Rourke withdrew from the race.

And he raised $2.2 million in the first six weeks of his campaign.

Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Deval Patrick gives a speech in October 2013 while serving as governor of Massachusetts. He served two terms from 2007-2015. Hide Caption 1 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick, born on the south side of Chicago in 1956, was raised primarily by his mother after his father, a jazz musician, decided to leave the family and move to New York. Hide Caption 2 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick excelled in school and would go on to study at Harvard, where he later received a law degree in 1982. Hide Caption 3 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick After years in private law practice, Patrick began his public service career in 1994 when President Bill Clinton nominated him to be US assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice's civil rights division. Hide Caption 4 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick attends a campaign rally while running for governor in June 2006. Hide Caption 5 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick shakes hands with outgoing Gov. Mitt Romney in January 2007. Romney hadn't sought re-election. He was focusing on his presidential campaign. Hide Caption 6 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick delivers a speech at his inauguration ceremony in January 2007. Hide Caption 7 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick While attending Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations in January 2007, Patrick and his wife, Diane, participate in a physical training demonstration led by the City Year Boston Young Heroes. At left is Howard Dean, who at the time was chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Hide Caption 8 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick joins state wildlife officials and Boston schoolchildren who were releasing hatchery-raised fish into Jamaica Pond in April 2008. Hide Caption 9 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick and his wife are joined by their daughters Katherine and Sarah at the start of the Boston Gay Pride Parade in June 2009. Katherine, second from right, came out as gay in 2008. Hide Caption 10 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick arrives at a campaign rally in Boston in October 2010. He was re-elected the next month. Hide Caption 11 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick rides a Democratic National Committee bus as it makes a stop in Williamsburg, Virginia, in October 2012. Hide Caption 12 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick talks with US Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren in November 2012. Hide Caption 13 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick addresses the media after the Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013. Hide Caption 14 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick accompanies British Prime Minister David Cameron while visiting a memorial for the Boston Marathon bombing in May 2013. Hide Caption 15 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick rides a ferris wheel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in September 2013. Hide Caption 16 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick poses with the World Series trophy that the Boston Red Sox won in 2013. Hide Caption 17 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick speaks with President Barack Obama after Air Force One arrived in Boston in March 2014. Patrick has been compared to Obama throughout his career, partly because both have leaned on their personal stories and ties to Chicago to rise to political power. They both also attended Harvard. They remain close to this day. Hide Caption 18 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick snuggles with a bear cub as he joined state environmental officials on a research expedition to gather data on Massachusetts' black bear population in March 2014. Hide Caption 19 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick arrives for a ceremony on the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing. Hide Caption 20 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick and Vice President Joe Biden attend a funeral Mass for former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino in November 2014. Menino was the longest-serving mayor in Boston history. Hide Caption 21 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick leaves the State House in Boston in January 2015. He chose not to seek a third term as governor. Hide Caption 22 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick The Patricks arrive at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston before Barack Obama was given a Profile in Courage Award in May 2017. Hide Caption 23 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick speaks at an AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington in March 2018. Hide Caption 24 of 25 Photos: Former presidential candidate Deval Patrick Patrick — with his wife, Diane — signs paperwork in Concord, New Hampshire, to join the state's primary ballot and enter the presidential race in November 2019. Hide Caption 25 of 25

But Patrick's late entrance came around the same time former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg had decided to enter the race and pour hundreds of millions of his own wealth into advertisements.

Unlike Bloomberg, the former Massachusetts governor -- who was backed by a super PAC that pumped nearly $2 million into ads in New Hampshire -- never gained significant traction in the polls.

In November, a week after entering the race he'd attempted to campaign in the Atlanta as the Democratic field descended on the city for a debate for which Patrick had not qualified. But he had to cancel an event at Morehouse College after just two people showed up. A CNN reporter's photo of the room filled with empty chairs went viral.

Patrick campaigned as a moderate, calling for a public option to be added to Obamacare rather than supporting "Medicare for All," a government-run single-payer health program.

We face "the usual hurdle, which is trying to persuade people that nobody else gets to make this decision for them," Patrick said in an interview with CNN in January. "This race is wide open and the other candidates who have spent months and months and years and years, millions of dollars, making themselves famous but not locking down the race."

Patrick, who is close to former President Barack Obama, left the job he took in 2015 at Bain Capital, the Boston-based investment firm that was the targets of Democrats in 2012 because Mitt Romney was one of its founders.

He told CNN as he entered the race of his work at Bain, "I'm a capitalist. I'm not a market fundamentalist. I don't think private markets in the private sector solves every problem that needs to be solved in our society right on time."