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Gillibrand Announces Presidency Bid, Becoming Second SASC Dem to Run in 2020

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, January 16th, 2019

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Gillibrand Announces Presidency Bid, Becoming Second SASC Dem to Run in 2020

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), a Senate Armed Services Committee member, plans to run for president in 2020. (Photo: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand)

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) announced her campaign to run for president in 2020, becoming the second Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) member and the third female lawmaker currently on the Hill to announce a bid. Gillibrand, who joined the Senate in 2009, has long been considered a potential Democratic candidate for president and on Tuesday evening revealed she had launched an exploratory committee to run for U.S. president in 2020. In the 115th Congress, she served as ranking member of…

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