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Duncan Drops Out of GOP Race

California lawmaker pushed immigration in longshot bid

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 19, 2008 9:03 PM CST

(Newser) – California Rep. Duncan Hunter pulled out of the GOP presidential race today after winning only 2% of votes in the Nevada caucuses, CNN reports. The San Diego-area lawmaker said that failing to "gain traction in conservative states of Nevada and South Carolina" proved it was time to quit. A long-shot hopeful, he raised little money and almost no attention outside of GOP debates, the Washington Post reports.

Hunter called his year-long campaign "very worthwhile" for having promoted a hard line on immigration and defense. "We have driven the issues of national security, the border fence, the emergence of China and the need to reverse bad trade policy," he said. He vows to return to the House of Representatives to continue work on defense legislation, his specialty.

Republic presidential hopefuls, from left, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Sen. Fred Thompson, R.-Tenn., former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Rep.... (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., announces that he is not withdrawing from the campaign, despite being excluded from recent debates, during a press conference Monday Jan.... (Associated Press)

Rebublican presidential hopeful, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., arrives for a press conference on Monday Jan. 7, 2008 in Manchester, N.H. He has now dropped out of the race after failing to gain traction... (Associated Press)

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R.-Calif., responds to a question during the Univision Republican Presidential Candidate Forum at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Luis... (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., is interviewed after the Univision Republican Presidential Candidate Forum at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. Sunday, Dec.... (Associated Press)

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