--- title: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Ends 2020 Presidential Campaign description: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday that he is ending his presidential campaign for the 2020 elections canonical: https://time.com/5682056/bill-de-blasio-ends-presidential-campaign/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-09-20T12:28:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T21:31:04.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Drops Out of Presidential Race og:description: 19 candidates are left og:url: https://time.com/5682056/bill-de-blasio-ends-presidential-campaign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eb41ec833781c8c/698a033d8fd2ee4199360230/bill-de-blasio-presidential-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Presidential Candidates Attend New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Drops Out of Presidential Race twitter:description: 19 candidates are left twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3eb41ec833781c8c/698a033d8fd2ee4199360230/bill-de-blasio-presidential-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Drops Out of 2020 Race. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:31 PM UTCPublished: Sep 20, 2019 12:28 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during the New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention at the SNHU Arena on September 7, 2019 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Democratic presidential candidate, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during the New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention at the SNHU Arena on September 7, 2019 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Scott Eisen—Getty Images by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:31 PM UTCPublished: Sep 20, 2019 12:28 PM UTC [New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio](https://time.com/5616508/bill-de-blasio-spanish-blunder/) announced Friday that he is ending his presidential campaign for the [2020 Democratic presidential nomination](https://time.com/5670161/2020-democratic-primary-candidates-friends/). That leaves 19 candidates left in the race. “Getting out there, being able to hear people’s concerns \[and\] address them with new ideas has been an extraordinary experience. But I have to tell you, at the same time I feel I have contributed all I can to this primary election, and it’s clearly not my time,” [de Blasio](https://time.com/5616508/bill-de-blasio-spanish-blunder/) said during his appearance on _Morning Joe._ “So I’m going to end my presidential campaign, continue my work as Mayor of New York City and I’m going to keep speaking up for working people.” > [](https://twitter.com/Morning%5FJoe/status/1175010387714084864) Mayor of New York City since 2014, de Blasio announced his presidential campaign in May and was largely seen as a long-shot in the crowded field of Democratic candidates. He [did not qualify](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/17/who-has-qualified-fourth-democratic-debate/?arc404=true) for the [third Democratic debate](https://time.com/5676791/democratic-debate-fact-check-houston/) in September and looked unlikely to qualify for the fourth. Despite attempts to tout himself and his past achievements as mayor and his progressive credentials, his campaign failed to resonate with voters, [polling at less than 1%](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6417332-FINAL19357-NBCWSJ-September-Democratic-Primary.html) as a first-choice candidate in a NBC/Wall Street _Journal_ poll between Sept. 13 and 15. De Blasio becomes the seventh Democratic candidate to drop out of the race. Eleven candidates have so far qualified for the fourth debate, set for Oct. 15\. The remaining 19 Democratic candidates still in the running are: * Michael Bennet * [Joe Biden](https://time.com/5634771/joe-biden-problems/) * [Cory Booker](https://time.com/longform/cory-booker-2020-presidential-campaign/) * Steve Bullock * [Pete Buttigieg](https://time.com/longform/pete-buttigieg-2020/) * Julián Castro * John Delaney * Tulsi Gabbard * [Kamala Harris](https://time.com/5614928/kamala-harris-2020-democratic-debate/) * Amy Klobuchar * Wayne Messam * [Beto O’Rourke](https://time.com/5649332/beto-orourke-el-paso-shooting/) * Tim Ryan * [Bernie Sanders](https://time.com/longform/bernie-sanders-2020/) * Joe Sestak * [Tom Steyer](https://time.com/5623149/tom-steyer-presidential-campaign/) * [Elizabeth Warren](https://time.com/longform/elizabeth-warren-2020/) * [Marianne Williamson](https://time.com/5592504/marianne-williamson-presidential-campaign/) * [Andrew Yang](https://time.com/longform/andrew-yang-2020-election/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5682056/bill-de-blasio-ends-presidential-campaign/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5682056/bill-de-blasio-ends-presidential-campaign/"},"headline":"New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Drops Out of 2020 Race. 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