Eric Holder has an ideal 2020 candidate — and it's not him

 Eric Holder.
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Exactly one Democrat is not running for president.

A swarm of senators, more senators, and absolute wildcards continue to announce 2020 runs, but former Attorney General Eric Holder won't be joining them. The member of former President Barack Obama's administration said Monday he "won't run," instead focusing on his "fight to end gerrymandering," he wrote in an op-ed in The Washington Post.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.