Kirsten Gillibrand officially dropped out of the presidential race today after failing to meet the DNC's criteria for the September debate
But Gillibrand struggled to stand out of the sprawling, diverse Democratic primary field, which included five other women. Like other candidates languishing at single or near zero digits in national polling, Gillibrand was not able to pull off a breakthrough moment. Instead, she received her first and only 2-percent poll earlier this month. She needed to get at least four such polls and accrue 130,000 donors to make the September debate stage.
Gillibrand's fundraising also lagged behind her rivals, despite becoming one of the top online fundraisers in the Democratic Party at the beginning of Trump's presidency in 2017. One of the senator's most memorable moments came on the debate stage last month, when she confronted former Vice President Joe Biden's record on paid family leave, citing an editorial he wrote that said working women would "create the detoriation of the family." But her attack failed to land, after she hinted at the line earlier that weekend. Biden, for his part, punched back at Gillibrand, recalling a time she commended him for his advocacy for equality.
Earlier this spring, her campaign took on brief viral fame at an event in Iowa — but not for campaign-boosting reasons. Gillibrand stopped a woman passing by her at a restaurant in the first caucus state, but the woman, who was not intending to speak to the senator, said: "Sorry, I'm just trying to get some ranch."
A video clip of the exchange was viewed hundreds of thousands of times online, and an Iowa clothing company put the phrase on a t-shirt.
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