Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan is dropping out of the 2020 race

Tim Ryan.
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Another one bites the rust belt.

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) announced Thursday that he's dropping out of the 2020 presidential race and returning home to seek re-election to Congress. The move comes as Ryan has failed to poll over the low single digits in any state or nationwide, and as many people failed to even notice he was still running.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.