Harvard law professor Lessig ends his presidential campaign

By Associated Press | November 2, 2015, 13:18 EST

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvard law professor Larry Lessig is ending his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

He blames the demise of his nearly three-month campaign on the Democratic Party, which he says leaves him “just shut out” of the primary debates. Lessig struggled to hit 1 percent in national polls, the necessary marker to qualify for the primary match-ups.

A better candidate “could have gone further,” Lessig says in an online video released Monday. He says he doubts “anyone could have worked harder.”

Lessig focused his campaign exclusively on a single issue: Curbing the influence of big money in politics. He says Congress has become “crippled and corrupted.”

— Written by Lisa Lerer

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