DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – Nathan Sage, a Democratic candidate for US Senate, announced Sunday he’s suspending his campaign. Sage, a Marine veteran from Indinanola, said in a statement in part, “This has been one of the hardest decisions of my life. I did not step into this race lightly, and I do not step away lightly.”

Sage said the campaign was “unable to raise the financial resources necessary to keep the campaign viable.” State legislators Zach Whals and Josh Turek are now the remaining two democrats looking to earn the nomination for their party.

Sage was the first Democrat to announce his campaign for the U.S. Senate.