New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announces she's running for president in 2020

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• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is jumping into the 2020 presidential race Tuesday, making her the newest heavy-hitter in what will likely be a crowded Democratic primary.
• Gillibrand has one of the most progressive voting records in the Senate, has been a fierce critic of the president's in Washington, and spent the last few years championing women in politics. 
• The senator made her announcement on CBS' "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert. 

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York jumped into the 2020 presidential race Tuesday.

She joins Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, former Housing and Urban Development secretary Julián Castro, and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, in the most wide-open Democratic presidential primary since 1992. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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