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209 Dems file paperwork with FEC to run for president in 2020 — so far

The Democratic field for the 2020 presidential race is getting a little crowded.

For most candidates, there’s more folks running in the primary than they’ll ever see at a campaign stop, and more are signing up by the day.

As of Monday morning, 209 candidates have filed to run for president under the Democratic Party, according to the Federal Election Commission, though the vast majority have virtually zero chance of gaining momentum.

Currently, the party’s frontrunner in national polls, former vice president Joe Biden, hasn’t publicly announced whether he plans to take on Trump in 2020, while other top contenders are going out of their way to stand out from the crowd.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren swigged a beer in a livestream while discussing her rise to political stardom, while others including Sens. Corey Booker and Kamala Harris are dangling legal marijuana to court millennial voters.

Read the full story from The American Mirror


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