Mike Huckabee drops out of 2016 presidential race

WASHINGTON — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee dropped out of the presidential race Monday, marking his second unsuccessful run for president.

Huckabee entered the contest in May, and never became more than an afterthought in the crowded 2016 field.

The biggest splash he made during the campaign was rallying together with Kim Davis, a clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples following the Supreme Court's historic ruling on same-sex marriage