Beverly's Daniel Fishman Suspends Senate Campaign

Beverly's libertarian candidate Daniel Fishman announced the immediate suspension of his senate campaign late Sunday night. 

A press release from his campaign said Fishman will not be submitting signatures to the Secretary of State for placement on the ballot in advance of the April 3rd deadline.

Fishman said when he first entered this campaign in early February there were no Republicans officially announced and the three most prominently mentioned Republicans had all removed their names as potential candidates.

"I was concerned that given the short period of time to gather signatures no Republican would be able to get on the ballot, and the Senator for Massachusetts would be chosen via the closed Democratic primary," he said in a release. “Fortunately in support of the democratic process, three Republicans did stand up to run and successfully made it onto the ballot. I would like to thank Dan Winslow, Gabriel Gomez and Michael Sullivan for undertaking this largely thankless task."

Fishman went on to say the support his campaign received has been 'buoying.'  

"In particular as my awareness grew of the burgeoning liberty movement in Massachusetts, I felt a tie back to the proud heritage of our state in leading on issues of Liberty," he said. "I was constantly approached by people in Massachusetts who thanked me for stating the obvious: Congress is completely broken. And it will not be fixed by electing the same sort of politicians to office."

Fishman said with the conclusion of this campaign he will return to his day job and consider options for 2014.

Check out previous coverage of Daniel Fishman on Beverly Patch here.