photo lincoln chafee , the struggling democratic presidential candidate , is planning to make an update about the state of his campaign on friday morning at the democratic national committee ’s women ’s leadership forum .
as you know , i have been campaigning on a platform of prosperity through peace , " chafee said at the dnc 's annual women 's leadership forum in washington . "
# chafee2016 — lincoln chafee ( @lincolnchafee ) october 23 , 2015 mr. chafee is a former governor and senator from rhode island and his poll numbers have been hovering around zero and he has only raised about $ 30,000 in his campaign .
 
chafee got out of the race , she did well in the benghazi hearing and gov.
this week jim webb dropped out of the race and is considering an independent bid .
an anti - war candidate who is passionate about foreign policy and opposed the iraq war , mr. chafee said he remained intent on getting his message out despite the long odds .
but after much thought i have decided to end my campaign for president today .
he did not help his cause at last week ’s democratic presidential debate , when he stumbled on questions about his record or and in trying to make a case for his candidacy .