--- title: 2016 Presidential Dropout Campaign Spending description: As the 2016 presidential race moves closer to November's general election, the list of presidential contenders has now dwindled to six canonical: https://time.com/4248600/2016-presidential-candidate-drop-outs/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-05T00:08:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:38:49.846Z article:section: Politics og:title: See What the Presidential Dropouts Spent on Their Campaigns og:description: Out of an initial pack of 23 candidates, just six remain og:url: https://time.com/4248600/2016-presidential-candidate-drop-outs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a4ddef3c88f7874/698880560b72e3de9b6e86b1/2016-candidate-dropout.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican Candidates Take Part In Debates At Reagan Library In Simi Valley og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See What the Presidential Dropouts Spent on Their Campaigns twitter:description: Out of an initial pack of 23 candidates, just six remain twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a4ddef3c88f7874/698880560b72e3de9b6e86b1/2016-candidate-dropout.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See What the Presidential Dropouts Spent on Their Campaigns  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Mar 5, 2016 12:08 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidates (L-R) Rick Santorum, George Pataki, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Huckabee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) , U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Carly Fiorina, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stand onstage during the presidential debate at the Reagan Library on Sept. 16, 2015 in Simi Valley, Calif. Republican presidential candidates (L-R) Rick Santorum, George Pataki, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Huckabee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) , U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Carly Fiorina, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stand onstage during the presidential debate at the Reagan Library on Sept. 16, 2015 in Simi Valley, Calif.Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Mar 5, 2016 12:08 AM UTC As the 2016 presidential race moves closer to selecting party nominees for November’s general election, the list of presidential contenders that once included an ambitious 23 people has now dwindled to six. Retired neurosurgeon [Ben Carson on Friday became the latest candidate to drop out](http://time.com/4246524/ben-carson-drops-out-of-race/) of the race, leaving just four people in a Republican primary that once included 17 candidates. Donald Trump, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich remain. On the Democratic side, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are the two candidates remaining after failed bids by Martin O’Malley, Lincoln Chafee, Lawrence Lessig and Jim Webb. Take a look at the candidates who dropped out most recently and how much their campaigns spent, from Chafee’s $400,000 to Carson’s $53.7 million. 2016 Presidential Dropout Campaign Spending ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4248600/2016-presidential-candidate-drop-outs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4248600/2016-presidential-candidate-drop-outs/"},"headline":"See What the Presidential Dropouts Spent on Their Campaigns","datePublished":"2016-03-05T00:08:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:38:49.846Z","description":"Out of an initial pack of 23 candidates, just six remain","url":"https://time.com/4248600/2016-presidential-candidate-drop-outs/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a4ddef3c88f7874/698880560b72e3de9b6e86b1/2016-candidate-dropout.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a4ddef3c88f7874/698880560b72e3de9b6e86b1/2016-candidate-dropout.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican Candidates Take Part In Debates At Reagan Library In Simi Valley","caption":"Republican Candidates Take Part In Debates At Reagan Library In Simi Valley","creditText":"Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4248600/2016-presidential-candidate-drop-outs/","name":"See What the Presidential Dropouts Spent on Their Campaigns"}}]}] ```