Feb. 4, 2000:
Eleven days after a disappointing showing in the Iowa caucuses, Gary Bauer ends his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
Bauer, a conservative activist who ran on "family values" issues, finished fourth in Iowa on Jan. 24, with 8.5 percent of the vote. The top three finishers: George W. Bush (41 percent), Steve Forbes (30.5 percent), and Alan Keyes (14 percent). John McCain, who didn't participate in Iowa — he focused on New Hampshire — got under 5 percent. Orrin Hatch, the senator from Utah, received 1 percent.
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