Mike Gravel tweets his campaign is "nearing its conclusion"

[DonViejo]

BY CAROLINE LINTON

JULY 5, 2019 / 9:33 PM / CBS NEWS

Longshot 2020 Democratic hopeful Mike Gravel tweeted on Friday his presidential campaign is "nearing its conclusion" and asked his followers where he should donate his campaign money. Gravel's campaign aired its first national ad on MSNBC at the end of June, and he told CBS News earlier that month that he had 45,000 donors.

Gravel followed up with a tweet saying they were still trying to qualify for the upcoming debates, but "we've always planned to have it end sometime in the next month or so."

Gravel failed to qualify for the first Democratic debate in June and is unlikely to qualify for the next debate in July. To qualify for those debates, candidates must have either 65,000 unique donors to their campaigns, with at least 200 donors in 20 different states, or obtain at least 1 percent in three polls recognized as legitimate by the committee. The Democratic National Committee capped the number of participants at 20.

The DNC increased the qualification for the September debate, which is expected dramatically winnow down the number of participants. Candidates must have 130,000 unique donors in at least 20 states and will need to score at least 2 percent in at least four national or statewide polls in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

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[rampartc]

1. his antiwar views are very under represented in the remaining candidates.

I wish that Bernie or liz could more reliably oppose war.

wishing sen gravel a long and happy retirement in the far north.

[MineralMan]

2. Well, I think the time has come for some of the candidates to

stop and think about why they are running for the presidential nomination and how they're doing. I expect more such announcements before long.

[customerserviceguy]

3. Really

if you can't get to the debate stage with the low thresholds set so far, you're not going to catch fire with the voters.