Julián Castro's 2020 campaign is running out of cash

It's down to the wire for Julián Castro's 2020 run.

The former Housing and Urban Development secretary has failed to gain traction throughout his presidential campaign, never polling above the low single digits. And now it appears Castro is running low on cash, telling his supporters in a Monday morning email he needs $800,000 by the end of the month or he'll end his campaign.

Castro has so far managed to make every Democratic primary debate, but he said in his email he's worried about continuing that streak into November. "These debates have offered our only guaranteed opportunity to share my vision with the American people," Castro said in the email. And without another $800,000 in the next 10 days, "we cannot sustain a campaign that can make it to Iowa in February," he continued. Castro tweeted a similar message, pairing it with a video of speech highlights from throughout his campaign.

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Castro had his best fundraising quarter of his run from July–September, with his campaign pulling in $3.5 million but having just $672,333 cash on hand at the end of Q3. Those totals are far below most frontrunners and even mid-tier candidates in the race. Castro has also struggled to hit the polling threshold to appear on the debate stage next month.