US Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, announced on Friday Feb 01,2019 that he is running for president, joining an increasingly crowded pool of Democratic contenders seeking to overthrow President Donald Trump 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 said in a video released on Friday morning.
"I'm Cory Booker and I'm running for president of the United States of America," added Booker, who is a second-term African American senator and former mayor of Newark, New Jersey.
Crowded field
Cory Booker will be up against fellow party leaders and members like Elizabeth Warren, the 69-year-old senator from Massachusetts.
Kamala Harris, a 54-year-old junior senator from California, announced her candidacy on the holiday honouring civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Tulsi Gabbard, 37, the first Hindu to serve in the US House of Representatives, announced her candidature on January 11.
US Senator from New York Kirsten Gillibrand, an outspoken leader in the #MeToo movement against sexual assault and harassment, announced her candidature on January 15 on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert".
Other contenders include former US representative John Delaney, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Julian Castro, who served as secretary of Housing and Urban Development under former President Barack Obama.
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