Article snippet: Sen. MORE (D-N.Y.) announced Wednesday she is dropping out of the presidential race. The announcement came hours before the deadline to qualify for the September primary debate, with Gillibrand not meeting the criteria. "I know this isn't the result we wanted. We wanted to win this race," Gillibrand said in a video posted to Twitter. "But it's important to know when it's not your time and to know how you can best serve your community and country. I believe I can best serve by helping to unite us to beat Donald Trump in 2020." Gillibrand said in an exclusive interview with The New York Times that she plans to endorse another candidate in the primary but has yet to pick which one. She stopped short of saying she would pick another woman in the race. "I think that women have a unique ability to bring people together and heal this country," she said. "I think a woman nominee would be inspiring and exciting." Gillibrand had cast herself as a staunch advocate for progressive causes and used her White House bid to promote a slate of policies she said would benefit women. However, she consistently struggled to gain traction in one of the most crowded primary fields in modern history. “We’ve led the fights that we can’t afford to lose for women and families and moved the entire field along with us,” she said. “We have put the civil rights of women front and center and never backed down when it comes to valuing them.” "We have moved the needle on fighting for families and ... Link to the full article to read more