First Democratic contender announces she's running for president


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Senator Elizabeth Warren, a sharp critic of big banks and unregulated capitalism, has entered the 2020 race for president, becoming the first major candidate in what is likely to be a long and crowded primary marked by ideological and generational divisions in a Democratic Party desperate to beat President Donald Trump.


In an 8.30am email to supporters on New Year’s Eve — 13 months before the first votes will be cast in the Iowa caucuses — Warren said she was forming an exploratory committee, which allows her to raise money and fill key staff positions before a formal kickoff of her presidential bid.


Senator Elizabeth Warren has launched an exploratory committee for a tilt at becoming president in 2020.

Senator Elizabeth Warren has launched an exploratory committee for a tilt at becoming president in 2020. Credit:AP


Warren, a liberal firebrand from Massachussetts who has often clashed with Trump, also released a video that leaned on the populist, anti-Wall Street themes that are sure to be central to her campaign message.


“Every person in America should be able to work hard, play by the same set of rules, take care of themselves the people they love,” she said in a Twitter post. “That’s what I’m fighting for, that’s why I’m launching an exploratory committee for president. I need you with me.”


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