US: Former VP Mike Pence drops out of presidential race

Former US Vice President Mike Pence announced that he was suspending his presidential campaign on Saturday.

Pence was competing in a crowded field to win the Republican presidential nomination.

“To the American people I say: This is not my time,” he told attendees at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s conference in Las Vegas.

Pence failed to gain traction in the polls, his campaign donations languished behind his rivals, and he appeared not to qualify for the third Republican primary…