Gillibrand Launches Exploratory Committee, Joins 2020 Field

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 14: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) attends a post-midterm election meeting of Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network in the Kennedy Caucus Room at the Russell Senate Office Building on C... WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 14: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) attends a post-midterm election meeting of Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network in the Kennedy Caucus Room at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill November 14, 2018 in Washington, DC. Politicians believed to be considering a run for the 2020 Democratic party nomination, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), addressed the network meeting as well as House members vying for leadership positions. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has taken a major step toward announcing a presidential bid, saying she is launching an exploratory committee for a White House run.

The 52-year-old New York Democrat said Tuesday on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: “It’s an important first step and it’s one I am taking because I am going to run.”

Gillibrand joins what is expected to be a crowded primary field for the Democratic nomination that could include more than a dozen candidates. Already, Gillibrand has plans to travel to the leadoff caucus state of Iowa later this week.

She also has more than $10.5 million left over from her 2018 re-election campaign that she can use toward a presidential run.

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  1. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    Anyone surprised? Anyone?

    Buehler?

  2. Avatar for aiddon aiddon says:

    Ugh, I can already hear the Frankenboys mewling

  3. Somewhat surprised

  4. While I didn’t at all like how things went down with Franken, I’m willing to give her a chance just as I would anyone else. I hate what happened to Al, and I truly believe it was a GOP hit job, but I also can’t deny that Democrats probably wouldn’t have fared as well in the elections last year if we had kept him around.

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