Montana Gov. Steve Bullock jumps into overstuffed 2020 Democratic presidential race

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is running for president
(Image credit: Screenshot/Twitter/Steve Bullock)

And then there were ... 24? Maybe 25?

On Tuesday morning, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) joined the wildly overstuffed Democratic presidential race, explaining in a campaign launch video that he wants to restore economic opportunity for everyone and get big money out of politics.

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As Montana attorney general, he lost his fight to ban dark money from state elections, so he ran for governor and enacted his campaign finance reforms from that platform, Bullock explains. And "as the Democratic governor of a state that Trump won by 20 points, I don't have the luxury of just talking to people who agree with me."

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"Look, to be honest, I never thought I'd be running for president," Bullock said. To paraphrase the Irish band The Cranberries, everybody else is doing it, so why can't he?

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.