--- ---  # Ben Carson Sees No 'Political Path Forward' After Super Tuesday ## Video: TIME Raw: Ben Carson Says ‘Pray’ for Donald Trump [Watch (HLS stream): TIME Raw: Ben Carson Says ‘Pray’ for Donald Trump](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PoSGHYhu.m3u8) (0:30)  _Published 2015-11-13. TIME Raw: Ben Carson Says ‘Pray’ for Donald Trump_  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:05 PM UTCPublished: Mar 2, 2016 7:17 PM UTC  Ben Carson talks to a member of the media in the spin room following the Republican presidential candidate debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 28, 2016. Ben Carson talks to a member of the media in the spin room following the Republican presidential candidate debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 28, 2016.Daniel Acker—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:05 PM UTCPublished: Mar 2, 2016 7:17 PM UTC Ben Carson said Wednesday that he will skip the next Republican debate and that he no longer sees a viable path to the nomination. Carson said in a statement that he will skip Thursday’s Fox Republican debate in his hometown of Detroit, despite qualifying for it. “I do not see a political path forward in light of last evening’s Super Tuesday primary results,” the retired neurosurgeon said in the statement. Carson’s decision to skip the debate comes after a string of disappointments for his campaign. Despite briefly rising to the top of the polls in the fall, Carson has not won a single state and garnered just three delegates from Virginia on Super Tuesday. But he stopped short of formally suspending his campaign: “This grassroots movement on behalf of “We the People” will continue … I appreciate the support, financial and otherwise, from all corners of America. Gratefully, my campaign decisions are not constrained by finances; rather by what is in the best interests of the American people.” Carson’s Wednesday statement says he will discuss his future plans in a speech on Friday in Washington, D.C. Carson reportedly told fellow GOP candidate Gov. John Kasich that he will be suspending his campaign. > [](https://twitter.com/julito77/status/705134482748108800) Ben Carson Will Skip the Next Republican Debate ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4245202/ben-carson-path-forward-campaign/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4245202/ben-carson-path-forward-campaign/"},"headline":"Ben Carson Sees No 'Political Path Forward' After Super Tuesday","datePublished":"2016-03-02T19:17:02.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T17:05:54.000Z","description":"Ben Carson said Wednesday that he will skip the next Republican debate and that he no longer sees a viable path to the nomination.","url":"https://time.com/4245202/ben-carson-path-forward-campaign/","keywords":["2016 Election topic","Dr. Benjamin S. 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