Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Drops Out of GOP Presidential Race

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez became the first Republican presidential candidate to drop out of the race, ending a long-shot campaign after failing to qualify for last week’s debate. “While I have decided to suspend my campaign for president, my commitment to making this a better nation for every American remains,” Suarez said Tuesday in a statement. Suarez, who entered the race in mid-June, was never seen as a strong contender but thought his biography—a young, Latino leader and one of the country’s few Republican big-city mayors—could catch on with voters.