He considered to leave the race, but decided to stay.

In the end, his decision to leave the race was a first step toward making peace with those same party leaders.

Vilsack raised $1.1 million during his run and left the race with $396,000 on hand.

He was the first of the 10 Democrats to leave the race.

He finished the stage 7m 58s behind the leader and left the race.

He left the race to become President after running behind several other competitors.

Many believed he had left the race to avoid questions about his sexual orientation.

In any event, this left the race to be run with less than a full field.

Yet how could he leave the human race to its fate?

None of this helped, and both Italian teams left the race.