From Ballot Access News:
On May 9, independent candidate Brent Roske, running in California’s 33rd U.S. House district, dropped out of the race. He endorsed fellow independent candidate Marianne Williamson, who is running for the same seat. There is no incumbent in the race; the outgoing member of Congress is Henry Waxman. Roske is a television producer best known for the series “Chasing the Hill.” See this story. California law does not permit candidates to withdraw their names from the ballot, so his withdrawal does not remove his name from the ballot.
From the article cited, written by Brenton Garen:
In a surprise announcement Thursday night, independent candidate Brent Roske announced he was dropping out of the race for the 33rd Congressional District.
The announcement was made at the Santa Monica headquarters of fellow independent candidate Marianne Williamson in front of a crowd of about 150 people.
“With it being a top two race, and the fact that I couldn’t get into the top two, it was more important to me to help an independent get into the house,” Roske told Westside Today. “So the timing was right to endorse an independent candidate that I think can actually go all the way in November, so that’s why I did it.”
With Roske throwing his support behind Williamson, there is still a total of 16 campaigning candidates for the Westside district that’s being vacated by Henry Waxman.