There are currently 20 announced Democratic candidates for president deemed “serious” aspirants. (That includes one candidate, Wayne Messam, who isn’t on some lists, although he is mayor of Miramar, Florida, which is larger than Pete Buttigieg’s South Bend). Now two others with solid résumés but little to no national name ID are joining the fray.
MTN News reports Montana governor Steve Bullock will announce his long-discussed candidacy “in two weeks.”
And on CBS this morning, Colorado senator Michael Bennet became the seventh U.S. senator in the 2020 field: