When do struggling 2020 candidates have to bail to run for another office?

[brooklynite]

Washington Post

The 2020 Democratic presidential race is still wide open, but candidates who have yet to break through have to decide how long they want to ride it out. In some cases, their ambitions for political Plan B will force them to make that call sooner rather than later.

For former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper, who is polling at an average 0.2 percent, the pressure is coming from inside his own campaign to drop out and run for Senate. It’s a safe bet that he’s not the only one in that boat.

Competitive races back home are taking shape without these 2020 candidates. Other Democrats are running, there are filing deadlines that don’t necessarily comport with a presidential candidate’s plan for how long to stay in the race, and it’s not a guarantee these presidential candidates could even win their primary.

Who are the 2020 candidates who might be enticed to run for something else? And by when do they have to decide? And what challenges would they face? Here’s a rundown:

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1. I can't fathom why we would need Hickenlooper to knock off Gardner

Gardner is underwater, and deservedly so, and more importantly Colorado is a very blue state at this point. Gardner only won in the first place because he ran in a great Republican year and convinced people he was a moderate, but Trump has made him prove to the country he is no such thing. As long as we don't run a fatally flawed candidate we should beat him handedly.