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Ryu Spaeth/
February 12, 2016

Jim Gilmore, the best Republican presidential candidate, is dropping out of the race.

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Despite getting all of 12 votes in the Iowa caucuses, Gilmore threw the best watch parties, prompted meditations that transcended mere politics, and inspired some good jokes (by Twitter’s standards, anyway). You will be missed.

Ryu Spaeth

Ryu Spaeth is an editor at New York magazine.

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