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- Marianne Williamson suspended her long shot Democratic presidential campaign in early February.
- She still beat Rep. Dean Phillips by more than 3,000 votes.
- She announced Wednesday morning she's now reviving her campaign.
Marianne Williamson announced on Wednesday she's reviving her Democratic presidential campaign after she finished ahead of Rep. Dean Phillips in Michigan's primary Tuesday night despite having terminated her bid for office just weeks before.
"I had suspended it because I was losing the horse race," Williamson said in a video posted to X, "but something so much more important than the horse race is at stake here, and we must respond."
Williamson suspended her campaign on February 7 after losing to Democratic President Joe Biden by large margins in South Carolina, Nevada, and New Hampshire.
"I read a quote the other day that said sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful too," Williamson said while announcing the suspension of her campaign. "And so today, even though it is time to suspend my campaign for the presidency, I do want to see the beauty."
Despite not officially having a campaign, Williamson appeared on Tuesday's Democratic primary ballot in Michigan alongside Biden, Phillips, and "UNCOMMITTED." By night's end, she finished nearly 600,000 behind Biden and trailed "UNCOMMITTED" by 77,000. She bested Phillips — who's still formally running — by more than 3,000 votes.
Williamson's long shot 2024 presidential campaign hasn't gone smoothly. In June 2023, Business Insider reported she lost two campaign managers in less than a month.
This isn't Williamson's first White House bid: She also ran for president in 2020 but dropped out before primary races began. Years later, a bevy of her former staffers told Politico she was both "verbally and emotionally abusive" at times during the campaign.