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Former US Senator George LeMieux has given up his fight for another term in Washington. LeMieux dropped out of the race this morning, sending this video message to his supporters and giving a lukewarm endorsement to his Republican Rival Connie Mack.

“In order to have the best chance to beat Bill Nelson and put the senate in Republican hands, today we will end our campaign. To continue would only hurt our chances in the fall and that is not something I will risk. Connie Mack will be our nominee. He has my support,” said LeMieux.

A Quinnipiac Poll on the race will be released tomorrow. The last poll showed LeMieux more than 30 points behind Mack.

“Obviously LeMieux wasn’t doing well. I can’t talk about tomorrow’s poll, but let’s talk about the last poll. LeMieux couldn’t get out of single digits in a Republican Primary. He was running badly behind Nelson in a matchup,” said Brown.

LeMieux trailed from the beginning and with Mack refusing to debate him, his campaign quickly ran out of ways to raise money and gain voter support. Governor Rick Scott was asked about LeMieux leaving the race. Scott wished the former senator well and gave some advice to the remaining candidates.

“I wish Sen. LeMieux success. I’m hopeful the individuals who are still in the race focus on jobs because it’s the biggest issue that we have,” said Scott.

Mack is expected to glide to victory in the Republican Primary in August and face a tough general election against sitting Democratic Senator Bill Nelson.