Democratic Presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson said she was not dropping out of the 2024 race on Thursday night, denying rumors that she was suspending her presidential campaign.
Williamson said she was speaking to volunteers about whether or not she should continue her campaign after a poor showing in New Hampshire and low polling nationally, but no decision had been made.
“I have NOT said I am suspending the campaign; I have simply shared the questions involved, which any candidacy would be dealing with,” Williamson said in a post on X. “I was candid about discussing the challenges that a grass roots campaign faces at such a moment as this. Believe nothing until you’ve heard it from me.”
Tonight I was speaking with volunteers about whether or not to continue my campaign, and unfortunately the link was shared. I have NOT said I am suspending the campaign; I have simply shared the questions involved, which any candidacy would be dealing with. I was candid about…
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) January 26, 2024
Williamson garnered just 4% of votes in New Hampshire, putting her noticeably behind President Joe Biden and his toughest Democratic challenger Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), who won 19.5% of the New Hampshire vote. Biden won the primary easily despite being a write-in candidate because of a change in the Democratic primary schedule.
The self-help author is polling at 6.5% nationally, according to RealClearPolling’s average as of Wednesday. Biden holds a significant lead nationwide, with 69.5% of the vote.
The decision came as all of Biden’s challengers faced a hurdle in North Carolina, where the state’s election board decided to put Biden as the sole Democratic candidate on the ballot because he was the only candidate campaigning in the state.
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“We are disappointed that the North Carolina Board of Elections abdicated their authority to protect North Carolina voters from the North Carolina Democratic State Party’s attempt to circumvent democracy,” Williamson said in a statement. “Their decision to protect political parties instead of voters is a failure to protect democracy itself. The North Carolina State Board of Elections has disgraced themselves and disgraced the voters of North Carolina. The crisis of Democracy in our nation is institutional.”
The next Democratic primary will be held in South Carolina on Feb. 3, 2024. North Carolina’s will take place on Super Tuesday, March 5.