"Let’s stop the nonsense of unrealistic and divisive campaign promises and be the party the American people need – a decent, unifying, future-focused and common-sense party," he said in a statement on his campaign website announcing that he was dropping out.

Delaney failed to qualify for all except the first primary debates, and Axios reported last summer that his own staff had asked him to drop out of the race because he had failed to break out of the large field and wasn't spending enough money to remain competitive. Delaney’s website advertised his “blue-collar roots” as the son of a union electrician, his success as an entrepreneur who started two businesses (he was once the youngest CEO in the New York Stock Exchange), and his progressive values. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, he was the third-richest member of the House in 2015, the last year data on Delaney is available for.

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang

Andrew Yang’s campaign, which filed official paperwork on November 6, 2017, revolved primarily around a single issue: universal basic income. He called the policy “the Freedom Dividend,” and it stipulated that every U.S. adult over 18 would get $1,000 a month by government check. He also supports Medicare for All and suggested that capitalism should be reconsidered and reconfigured to make it serve people instead of profits.

While this message garnered him a diehard supporter base known as the Yang Gang, he ultimately dropped out on the night of the February 11 New Hampshire primary after failing to crack the top five. "It is clear tonight from the numbers that we are not going to win this race," he said at a press conference. "I am not someone who wants to accept donations and support in a race that we will not win," he said at a press conference.

Yang’s history is primarily in business. The New York Times called him “a serial entrepreneur” in a 2012 story about Venture for America, a nonprofit he launched to place recent college graduates at startup companies, inspired by Teach for America’s model. Yang appeared to hope that his business-savvy approach could win over voters in the middle who hoped Trump’s policies would bolster the economy.

Senator Michael Bennet

Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado dropped out after a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, telling supporters in a February 11 speech that he appreciated being given "a chance." Bennet said he would support whoever becomes the nominee, adding, "I am going to do absolutely everything I can do as one human being to make sure that Donald Trump is a one-term president."

The Colorado senator first announced his candidacy on CBS’s This Morning on May 2, 2019. According to CNN, his announcement was delayed after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in April. In his announcement, Bennet highlighted two challenges facing the nation: “One is a lack of economic mobility and opportunity for most Americans, and the other is the need to restore integrity to our government,” he said.

Bennet told CBS This Morning his bipartisan work and ability to win in red counties in Colorado make him uniquely positioned to win the 2020 election. On Twitter, Bennet was critical of “broken politics.”

Former two-term Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick

Patrick was one of the shortest-lived candidates in the 2020 race. The former Massachusetts governor and ally of former President Barack Obama threw his hat into the ring in November 2019, telling reporters that the campaign had been a contest between “nostalgia” and “big ideas — my way or no way.”