 She also announced that she will not be running for re-election to the Ontario legislature in the 2018 provincial election.However, on June 13, 2016, she announced that her candidacy will be moving from unofficial status to official status, stating that her campaign will begin fundraising when the leadership election rules are finalized in July 2016.DiNovo announced on August 2, 2016 that she was withdrawing from the race due to health reasons after having recently suffered two small strokes.