Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has announced he is suspending his presidential campaign.
The Republican, who has run as a harsh critic of Donald Trump, lagged in opinion polls from the outset.
Mr. Christie had faced pressure to drop out as critics of frontrunner Mr. Trump scramble to unify the party behind a viable alternative to the ex-president.
This was Mr. Christie’s second unsuccessful White House campaign.
He lost in 2016 to Mr. Trump.
Mr. Christie announced that he was suspending his campaign at a town hall event in the US state of New Hampshire on Wednesday afternoon.
In his opening remarks he took a swipe at Mr. Trump, accusing him of “putting himself before the people of this country”.
It is not clear if he plans to endorse any of the few contenders still standing in the race to challenge Mr. Trump for the Republican nomination.
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