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MEGAN TEVRIZIAN, ABC NEWS, CAPITOL HILL. SEAN: IN COMMITMENT NEWS THIS NOON, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE JOHN DELANEY HAS DROPPED OUT. HE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING SAYING HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR IOWA. HE ADDED THAT THE CAMPAIGN IS NOT ABOUT HIM BUT ABOUT BRINGING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER AND BEATING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. DELANEY SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

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Former Maryland U.S. Rep. John Delaney has dropped his bid for the Democratic nomination for president.>> Download the FREE WMUR appDelaney made the announcement Friday. “lt has been a privilege to campaign for the Democratic nomination for President, but it is clear that God has a different purpose for me at this moment in time,” Delaney said on Twitter.He said support for his candidacy was not sufficient enough to reach the 15% viability threshold in Iowa.Delaney first entered the race in July 2017, becoming the first prominent Democrat to do so. In dropping out, he said the first priority of the party should be to defeat President Donald Trump in November.He campaigned in New Hampshire often in 2018 and through much of 2019 but then in the fall, drastically cut back his campaign schedule in the Granite State to focus on Iowa.He said while dropping out that while he failed to reach the 15% viability threshold in the caucus, he had enough support to to hurt other moderate candidate by causing them "to not to make the viability threshold, especially in rural areas where John has campaigned harder than anyone." "Step 1 is to beat Donald Trump and restore decency to the Office of the President. In many ways, this is all that matters and I am fully committed to supporting our nominee and fulfilling that mission," Delaney said.He also urged the Democratic Party to unify behind what he called a progressive but "fact-based," realistic message -- the type of message he tried to bring to the campaign."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 commonsense party," he said. Read Delaney's full statement here.This story will be updated.