Vietnam veteran and former US
Senator Jim Webb has launched his bid for president, joining other
Democrats taking on front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Jim Webb(69) who represented Virginia from 2007 to 2012, said the US needed "positive, visionary leadership".
Jim Webbsaid defence, criminal justice reform and an economy that benefits the middle class would be his focus.
Jim Webb is the 5th Democrat to enter the presidential race and there are 14 Republican challengers so far.
Declared Presidential Candidates
Democrat
- Hillary Clinton, former First Lady and Secretary of State
- Martin O'Malley, former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore
- Bernie Sanders, independent senator from Vermont, caucuses with the Democrats
- Lincoln Chafee, former senator and governor of Rhode Island
- Jim Webb, former senator and Vietnam veteran
Republican
- Jeb Bush, former Florida Governor
- Ted Cruz, Texas senator and conservative firebrand
- Rick Santorum, Christian conservative from Pennsylvania
- Marco Rubio, Florida senator since 2011
- George Pataki, former three-term governor of New York
- Ben Carson, author and neurosurgeon
- Carly Fiorina, former boss of Hewlett Packard
- Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas
- Rand Paul, libertarian conservative Kentucky senator
- Lindsey Graham, South Carolina senator since 2003
- Rick Perry, former Texas governor
- Donald Trump, celebrity property mogul
- Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana
- Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey
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