Former Rhode Island governor and senator Lincoln Chafee is suspending his bid for the Democratic nomination.
"After much thought, I have decided to end my campaign for president today," Chafee will say Friday morning, according to prepared remarks.
Chafee’s appearance at the first Democratic primary debate, in which he spoke for less than ten minutes, did little to bolster his struggling campaign.
He called himself a "block of granite" when it came to issues, and declared that he was most proud of his judgment.
But his comments in the debate were littered with excuses, including one big one for his 1999 vote to repeal the Depression-era Glass-Steagall law.
"Glass-Steagall was my very first vote. I’d just arrived," he said during the debate. "My dad had died in office. I was appointed to the office. It was my very first vote."
In a statement following that first matchup though, Chafee said he believed his message -- largely focused on his opposition to the Iraq war -- could catch on. In a post-debate interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Chafee said he had raised just $30,000.
"It’s still early in the campaign," he said in a statement. “If they like my message, I hope Democratic primary voters will support me.
With Chafee and Jim Webb now out of the race, just three major candidates remain for the Democratic nomination: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.