The latest news on this front comes from The Hill BY Tal Axelrod

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) announced Wednesday she is dropping out of the presidential race.

The announcement came hours before the deadline to qualify for the September primary debate, with Gillibrand not meeting the criteria.

“I know this isn’t the result we wanted. We wanted to win this race,” Gillibrand said in a video posted to Twitter. “But it’s important to know when it’s not your time and to know how you can best serve your community and country. I believe I can best serve by helping to unite us to beat Donald Trump in 2020.”

Gillibrand said in an exclusive interview with The New York Times that she plans to endorse another candidate in the primary but has yet to pick which one. She stopped short of saying she would pick another woman in the race.

“I think that women have a unique ability to bring people together and heal this country,” she said. “I think a woman nominee would be inspiring and exciting.”

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