Larry Drown wants out of the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat and plans to run as an independent instead. He's not happy with the Democrats' support of independent Bernie Sanders.

"In a democracy, the choice of who runs should be left to the people. When a few powerful politicians maneuver to limit that choice - well it just plain isn't right. So I have decided to run as an independent for U.S. Senate so that those Democrats in the center still will have a choice when they go to the polls in November," Drown said in an e-mail.

- Terri Hallenbeck