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GROSSMAN DROPS OUT OF GOVERNOR'S RACE
POSTED: 10:20 a.m. EDT July 12, 2002
BOSTON -- Democratic candidate Steve Grossman announced Friday that he was dropping out of the race for governor.
NewsCenter 5's Janet Wu reported that Grossman made the decision because he did not believe that he could win the five-way race for the Democratic nomination in the September primary. "It's like the Kenny Rogers song: 'You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,'" Grossman said.
A recent poll by the Grossman campaign showed him trailing Shannon O'Brien and Robert Reich. A Boston Herald poll last month showed Grossman with just 6 percent of the vote, well behind O'Brien's 31 percent and Reich's 19 percent.
Grossman always said those numbers didn't discourage him. He was quoted as saying, "I'm the first one to announce, and I'm planning on being the last one standing."
Grossman's departure leaves O'Brien, Reich, Senate President Tom Birmingham and Warren Tolman in the race. Republican candidate Mitt Romney is running unopposed for the Republican nomination. Grossman said that he vowed to continue fighting for what he thinks is important: education and reducing the cost of prescription drugs. He said that he will fully support the Democratic nominee.
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