[CatOwner]

I love how politicians say they are “suspending” their campaigns rather than what it really is: They are quitting the race. Sort of along the lines of giving everyone participation trophies rather than declare winners and losers.

[Bookwoman]

Candidates who suspend their campaigns usually get to keep any delegates they’ve won and can continue to raise money beyond what’s needed to retire their campaign debts.

[Cboldt]

They say “suspended” because that is a legal term of art. The campaign isn’t legally over until paperwork accounting for the donations and expenditures is completed. But the candidate is no longer soliciting support or campaigning. The rest of the campaign’s business is winding down the business.

[Lurking Libertarian]

I love how politicians say they are “suspending” their campaigns rather than what it really is: They are quitting the race.

There are legal reasons for that. If they quit the race they can no longer legally raise campaign funds, which they need to do to pay down debts they already ran up.

[TomGuy]

I love how politicians say they are "suspending" their campaigns rather than what it really is: They are quitting the race.

It has something to do with the legalese of terminating the campaign and cleaning up the loose ends. Some campaigns still have donated funds, etc.