Sen. Brownback drops out of 2008 campaign
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Republican Sam Brownback of  Kansas, a two-term U.S. senator whose presidential campaign  failed to draw money or widespread support from an intended  base of religious conservatives, dropped out of the 2008 White  House race on Friday.
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A former Democratic congressman said on Thursday he dropped out of the crowded free-for-all race against Republican incumbent Rep. Henry Bonilla for a newly-drawn congressional district.
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Backup quarterback Travis Brown's season is over after he was placed on injured reserve by the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
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Republican candidate Mitt Romney  dropped out of the U.S. presidential race on Thursday, a  decision that makes Sen. John McCain the all-but-certain  nominee of his party.
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Republican Sen. Sam Brownback, the Kansas conservative who struggled to raise money and gain recognition in the 2008 presidential campaign, will drop out on Friday, people close to him said Thursday.
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Veteran U.S. Sens. Joe Biden  and Chris Dodd dropped out of the race for the 2008 Democratic  presidential nomination on Thursday after placing a distant  fifth and sixth, respectively, in the Iowa caucuses.
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The crowded field for the Republican  nomination for the 2008 U.S. presidential election shrank by  one on Saturday when former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore announced  he was withdrawing.
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After months of struggling to emerge from the lower tier of Republican presidential candidates, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback is expected to drop his bid for the presidency Friday, according to several news outlets including the Associated Press and NBC.
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The injured Red Sox hurler backed off from taking the stage to appear with President Bush at two Granite State campaign events yesterday.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Wednesday he will not run for president in 2008, the most high-profile campaign dropout among Republicans more than a year before the first convention delegates are chosen.
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Democrat Tom Vilsack is abandoning his bid for the presidency after struggling against better-known, better-financed rivals
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The Fix | After string of poor finishes in early contests, former Tenn. senator quits race.
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Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho announced his resignation here on Saturday, abruptly ending his Senate career.
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Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut abandoned his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday after a poor showing in Iowa's precinct caucuses.
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Less than two weeks after filing papers to set up an exploratory committee for a possible bid for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential race, Sen. Evan Bayh has dropped out of the running.
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Iconic illegal immigration foe Tom Tancredo dropped out of the Republican presidential nominating contest Thursday, two weeks before Iowa holds its first-in-the-nation caucuses.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will not run for president in 2008, Republican officials said Wednesday, as the field of White House contenders continued to shrink more than a year before the first convention delegates are chosen.