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Is this the first time a president has dropped out of a race after a primary?

Is this the first time a president has dropped out of a race after a primary?
I think he deserves the respect of being able to reflect on this moment. Many senior ranking White House and Biden campaign officials now privately believe President Joe Biden must abandon his re election campaign soon. That's according to more than two dozen sources with knowledge of the matter. I'm confident that we will nominate the best candidate to take on and defeat Donald Trump for me. That's Joe Biden for some of my colleagues, they have different views. *** democratic governor in touch with the official says the next 72 hours are big and this can't go on much longer. Some sources say Biden has become increasingly isolated with *** shrinking inner circle. *** White House spokesperson says the president hasn't changed his team. His campaign insists he's staying in the race and has *** chance to win. But some sources worry Biden isn't getting good information about his poll numbers. I would rather do anything else work against the second Biden administration, but it can't happen. It won't happen. At least 20 House Democrats are publicly asking Biden to step aside. They say he should release the delegates. He won during primaries under party rules. Democrats could then elect *** new nominee at their convention. There is *** process as chaotic as some people think it is. It's much favorable to Trump's second term. I'm Amy Kiley Reporting.
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Is this the first time a president has dropped out of a race after a primary?
President Joe Biden isn’t the first incumbent president to abandon his campaign for reelection.Biden is, however, the first president to be pressured out of his reelection campaign out of concerns about his mental fitness. Video above: Biden top officials join calls for him to drop outDemocrats Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson both announced in the spring of 1952 and 1968 respectively that they would not seek reelection following subpar results in the New Hampshire primary.Truman’s announcement came on March 29, 1952, during a nationwide broadcast in Washington — 297 days before the end of his term. The Democrats eventually nominated Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson, who lost to Republican Dwight Eisenhower.On March 31, 1968, Johnson announced that he would not seek reelection in a televised address from the White House — 295 days from the end of his term. Vice President Hubert Humphrey eventually won the Democratic nomination that year but lost the White House to Richard Nixon.

President Joe Biden isn’t the first incumbent president to abandon his campaign for reelection.

Biden is, however, the first president to be pressured out of his reelection campaign out of concerns about his mental fitness.

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Video above: Biden top officials join calls for him to drop out


Democrats Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson both announced in the spring of 1952 and 1968 respectively that they would not seek reelection following subpar results in the New Hampshire primary.

Truman’s announcement came on March 29, 1952, during a nationwide broadcast in Washington — 297 days before the end of his term. The Democrats eventually nominated Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson, who lost to Republican Dwight Eisenhower.

On March 31, 1968, Johnson announced that he would not seek reelection in a televised address from the White House — 295 days from the end of his term. Vice President Hubert Humphrey eventually won the Democratic nomination that year but lost the White House to Richard Nixon.