Cory Booker announces presidential bid for 2020 election
Senator Cory Booker has made his announcement on the first day of Black History Month that he will run for president in 2020.
“The history of our nation is defined by collective action; by interwoven destinies of slaves and abolitionists; of those born here and those who chose America as home; of those who took up arms to defend our country, and those who linked arms to challenge and change it,” Booker narrates in a video released on Friday morning, which features him walking through his Newark neighborhood.
“I’m Cory Booker and I’m running for president of the United States of America,” he says in the video.
The Democratic field of diverse candidates continues to grow. Booker will be running against Senators Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and President Barack Obama‘s former HUD secretary Julian Castro.
His announcement comes nearly a year to the day from the Iowa caucuses and the start of the primary calendar. Booker plans to head to Iowa February 8-9 and then to South Carolina on February 10. He also intends to visit New Hampshire over Presidents Day weekend.
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