Senior staff of 2020 Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney have reportedly asked him to drop out of the race for the White House by mid-August, according to Alexi McCammond for news website Axios.

Formerly a U.S. representative from Maryland, Delaney, 56, was the first Democrat to announce his presidential candidacy in July 2017. He opted not to run for reelection to Congress to focus on his presidential efforts.

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