Mike Pence was vice president during the time that Donald Trump was in the White House between the years 2017 and 2021. He was governor of Indiana before that.
– After carefully thinking through my decision, I have decided to immediately withdraw my presidential candidacy. I am leaving the campaign, but I will never leave the fight for conservative values, he says during a speech in Las Vegas.
Mike Pence has struggled to raise enough money during his campaign and has struggled to climb public opinion.
– We knew all along that this would be an uphill battle, but I have no regrets, he says.
He is the first of the better-known Republican candidates to throw in the towel.