
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…