Rick Perry quits race for president

Rick Perry announced Thursday that he was quitting the race to replace Barack Obama as president of the United States. 

According to Al Jazeera and agencies, Perry said he thought there was no viable path for him in this election and decided to withdraw.

He also said that he would endorse Newt Gingrich for president.

Gingrich is the main conservative rival to front runner Mitt Romney.

The two other candidates left in the race are Rick Santorum, from Pennsylvania, and Ron Paul, from Texas.

Gingrich is only three points behind Romney in South Carolina, and getting just a few of Perry’s vote will be beneficial for him.

Perry had been committing a series of gaffes since the start of his campaign and only had about five percent of the votes.

The Iowa Republican Party announced Thursday that the state’s caucus had been won by Santorum, with thirty-four votes over Romney.

Results released by the Iowa caucuses were the first state-to-state battle to announce who would face Obama on November 6.