California Sen. Kamala Harris Drops Out Of Presidential Race

CALIFORNIA — Senator Kamala Harris is dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary contest, after entering the race as a leading candidate less than a year ago but failing to amass significant support in the ensuing months.

Harris's decision came after she was told that her campaign would need to go into debt in order to stay afloat, the New York Times reported.

"I'm not a billionaire, I can't fund my own campaign," Harris said in a video released by her campaign. "As the campaign has gone on, it has become harder and harder to raise the money we need to compete."

It has been the honor of my life to be your candidate. We will keep up the fight. pic.twitter.com/RpZhx3PENl
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) December 3, 2019

Harris was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016, having previously served as California's attorney general and the District Attorney of San Francisco. She joined the presidential race in January, kick-starting her campaign with a large rally in Oakland.

Harris was among the leading candidates in the Democratic primary during the first few months of her campaign, according to national polls. But her bid faltered in recent months, as her polling position slipped and her campaign fell into disarray, according to a New York Times report published Sunday.

With Harris out of the race, billionaire hedge fund manager Tom Steyer and self-help writer Marianne Williamson are the only remaining candidates whose home state is California.