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Kucinich Drops From Race

Poor primary results force liberal to focus on Ohio congressional seat

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 24, 2008 6:01 PM CST

(Newser) – With few votes to show for his efforts and facing a tough congressional re-election fight, left-leaning Dennis Kucinich said today he's dropping out of the Democratic presidential race. Kucinich, a six-term Ohio congressman, told the Cleveland Plain Dealer he's leaving the race for practical reasons, though he's "been able to do more than hold my own."

Kucinich, 61, said he'll make official tomorrow the end of a campaign in which he's called for universal health care, the establishment of a Department of Peace, and the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney. "There is a point at which you just realize that you accept it, that it isn't going to happen and you move on," Kucinich said.

U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich announces he will seek re-election to Congress at the Laborers International Union hall in Cleveland in this Jan. 9, 2008 file photo. Kucinich plans to announce Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, he will abandon his campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination to concentrate on his 10th...
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich announces he will seek re-election to Congress at the Laborers International Union hall in Cleveland in this Jan. 9, 2008 file photo. Kucinich plans to announce Friday, Jan....   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Dennis Kucinich,D-Ohio, with his wife, Elizabeth, wave to the crowd in this April file photo in San Diego. Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC on Friday after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Republican Duncan Hunter from its prime-time debates on...
Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Dennis Kucinich,D-Ohio, with his wife, Elizabeth, wave to the crowd in this April file photo in San Diego. Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC on Friday after...   (Associated Press)
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich announces his reelection bid for Ohio's 10th district seat at the Laborers International Union hall in Cleveland Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. Kucinich will continue, for now, his long shot bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich announces his reelection bid for Ohio's 10th district seat at the Laborers International Union hall in Cleveland Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. Kucinich will continue, for now, his...   (Associated Press)
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