Juliàn Castro drops out of the presidential race

Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro speaks in Des Moines on Nov. 1, 2019. - Copyright Nati Harnik AP file

By Allan Smith and Maura Barrett with NBC News Politics

Published on 02/01/2020 - 15:18

Castro was the only Latino candidate in the Democratic primary field.

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro is dropping out of the presidential race, his campaign confirmed to NBC News on Thursday.

Castro was the only Latino candidate running in the Democratic primary, but the former top Obama administration official never saw his poll numbers take off in the crowded field and was edged off the debate stage in recent months after failing to meet the fundraising and polling thresholds to qualify.

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