(CNN) Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee ended his long-shot bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, he announced Friday. 
 
 "As you know, I have been campaigning on a platform of Prosperity Through Peace," Chafee said at the DNC's annual Women's Leadership Forum in Washington. "But after much thought I have decided to end my campaign for president today. I would like to take this opportunity one last time to advocate for a chance be given to peace." 
 
 The Democrat declared his presidential campaign in June, shortly after announcing that he had formed an exploratory committee. 
 
 One of the reasons Chafee decided to drop out now: Hillary Clinton had "a good week," he said, one where former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb dropped out of the race, Vice President Joe Biden declined to run and she withstood hours of testimony on Capitol Hill. 
 
 "Obviously it was a good week for Secretary Clinton," Chafee told reporters after his speech. "She did well in the debates and then Senator Webb got out, Vice President Biden declined to join the race, she did well in the Benghazi hearing and Gov. Chafee got out of the race." 
 
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 Lincoln Chafee, the struggling Democratic presidential candidate, is planning to make an update about the state of his campaign on Friday morning at the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum. 
 
 I look forward to speaking at DNC Women's Forum tomorrow morning. I'll address my future in the campaign there. #chafee2016 — Lincoln Chafee (@LincolnChafee) October 23, 2015 
 
 Mr. Chafee is a former governor and senator from Rhode Island and his poll numbers have been hovering around zero and he has only raised about $30,000 in his campaign. 
 
 He did not help his cause at last week’s Democratic presidential debate, when he stumbled on questions about his record or and in trying to make a case for his candidacy. 
 
 After the debate, the CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer asked him if he was worried that his campaign was making him look silly and questioned how long he could go on. 
 
 An anti-war candidate who is passionate about foreign policy and opposed the Iraq war, Mr. Chafee said he remained intent on getting his message out despite the long odds. 
 
 This week Jim Webb, another Democrat who had been struggling to break through, dropped out of the race and is considering an independent bid. 
 
 A spokeswoman for Mr. Chafee did not immediately return a request for comment on Thursday evening about Mr. Chafee’s plans.
– Lincoln Chafee is saying what everybody was thinking: He's out of the race for president. The former Rhode Island governor made it official Friday morning in an address to the Women's Leadership Forum. "As you know I have been campaigning on a platform of 'Prosperity Through Peace,'" he said, per CNN. "But after much thought I have decided to end my campaign for president today. I would like to take this opportunity one last time to advocate for a chance [to] be given to peace." Two big reasons he dropped out: He was somewhere between 0% and 1% in the polls, and he'd raised only $30,000, reports the New York Times. Unlike Jim Webb, Chafee isn't interested in an independent bid, and his departure leaves Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O'Malley in the Democratic contest. (Clinton seems only to have strengthened her campaign after Thursday's marathon grilling over Benghazi.)