Rep. Eric Swalwell becomes first 2020 Democrat to drop out of race

With Rep. Eric Swalwell announcing Monday that he will be the first 2020 Democratic presidential contender to drop out, the race for the White House is entering a new phase: The culling of the herd.

Beyond Swalwell's campaign, this moment marks an inflection point in the 2020 campaign in which many candidates at the back of the crowded field are beginning to reckon with crystallizing truths: The window to emerge as a serious contender is closing and the winnowing of the field is inevitable. "We need a candidate that is tested, I'll tell you that much," Swalwell said."Donald Trump is the best political puncher ever in American politics. Whoever we send to that debate stage with President Trump is going to have to be able to take a punch, throw a punch and then unite the country at the end of the campaign."

Three major Democratic party candidates were left out in the first round of debates — Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and Miramar, Fla., Mayor Wayne Messam — because they did not meet either threshold. "We wanted to be honest with ourselves and our supporters," he said."If there was a viable chance, I would not be standing here today. From Day 1, I was running to win."

Swalwell was one of three candidates – de Blasio and Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan were the others – who failed to attract a single supporter in a Suffolk University/USA TODAY survey of voters in the first-in-the-nation caucus of Iowa conducted following the June 28-29 debates. Hickenlooper replied to one voter at the town hall that “you’ve gotta love it to give your life to public service,” and suggested he’d prefer the work of being president to that of being a senator. Several high-ranking aides quit his campaign last week, and Hickenlooper said Sunday the "vast majority of the problem with the campaign was me not being as good of a messenger as I need to be.

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