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US Senator Brown rules out 2020 presidential bid
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Sherrod Brown, the unassuming US senator whose broad support among working-class voters could have made him a strong contender against President Donald Trump, announced Thursday he will not launch a 2020 White House bid.
“I will keep fighting for all workers across the country. And I will do everything I can to elect a Democratic President and a Democratic Senate in 2020,” Brown, a 66-year-old from the crucial swing state of Ohio, said on Twitter.
“The best place for me to make that fight is in the United States Senate. Believe me, we will fight.”
The retreat of Brown, who had been on a weeks-long “dignity of work” tour to test the waters for a possible run, helps further clear a path for a White House campaign by former vice president Joe Biden, the most prominent national figure who has yet to announce his 2020 plans.
Biden would be entering a crowded field, however, with more than a dozen Democrats already in the race to challenge the Republican president.
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