--- title: Carly Fiorina Drops Out After New Hampshire Primary Results description: Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday that she was dropping out of the race canonical: https://time.com/4216109/carly-fiorina-drops-out-new-hampshire-primary-results/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-10T20:25:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:25.796Z article:section: Politics og:title: Carly Fiorina Ends Her Presidential Campaign og:description: After a poor showing in New Hampshire and failing to qualify for recent debates og:url: https://time.com/4216109/carly-fiorina-drops-out-new-hampshire-primary-results/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2537a8fc6edccf2/69887c7ebc6cfc13403dba09/timepol-gop-republican-debate-new-hampshire-carly-fiorina.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5160 og:image:height: 2903 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL Carly Fiorina og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Carly Fiorina Ends Her Presidential Campaign twitter:description: After a poor showing in New Hampshire and failing to qualify for recent debates twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2537a8fc6edccf2/69887c7ebc6cfc13403dba09/timepol-gop-republican-debate-new-hampshire-carly-fiorina.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Carly Fiorina Ends Her Presidential Campaign > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ## Video: 5 Surprising Things About Carly Fiorina [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Surprising Things About Carly Fiorina](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/iRMLNlOn.m3u8) (1:37)  _Published 2015-09-18. 5 Surprising Things about Carly Fiorina_ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Feb 10, 2016 8:25 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina on Feb. 6, 2016, in Goffstown, N.H. Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina on Feb. 6, 2016, in Goffstown, N.H. David Goldman—AP by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Feb 10, 2016 8:25 PM UTC Republican presidential candidate [Carly Fiorina](http://time.com/4200217/iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-primary-2016-election/item/carly-fiorina-2/) announced Wednesday that she was [dropping out of the race](https://www.facebook.com/CarlyFiorina/posts/10157165012225206), having failed to gain traction in the early-voting states in Iowa and New Hampshire. The decision comes after a poor showing in Tuesday’s [New Hampshire primary](http://time.com/4215052/new-hampshire-election-donald-trump-john-kasich/), and after she failed to qualify for consecutive Republican debates. In her announcement, Fiorina took a jab at [her favorite target](http://time.com/4214500/hillary-clinton-carly-fiorinas-husband-selfies/): Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. “To young girls and women across the country, I say: do not let others define you,” Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard executive, said in [statement](https://www.facebook.com/CarlyFiorina/posts/10157165012225206). “Do not listen to anyone who says you have to vote a certain way or for a certain candidate because you’re a woman. That is not feminism.” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie also [dropped out of the race](http://time.com/4215559/chris-christie-drops-out-new-hampshire-primary-results/) for the Republican nomination Wednesday.  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