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Democratic Primaries

TexasTowelie

(112,105 posts) Sat Dec 21, 2019, 09:02 PM Dec 2019

Bloomberg files to run in Missouri Democratic primary

JEFFERSON CITY — Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire presidential candidate, is on the Democratic primary ballot in Missouri.

Bloomberg, a late entrant into the crowded race to upend Republican Donald Trump next year, filed to get on Missouri’s March 10 primary ballot on Friday.

The deadline to file in Missouri is 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Along with Bloomberg, former Vice President Joe Biden; Sens. Michael Bennet, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard; South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg; former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick; businessmen Andrew Yang and Tom Steyer; and author and activist Marianne Williamson all filed to run in the Show-Me State.

A handful of perennial candidates also have filed as Democratic candidates, including Leonard Steinman of Jefferson City and his wife, Velma.

Read more: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bloomberg-files-to-run-in-missouri-democratic-primary/article_fa888de5-5920-58a3-94e2-f14f7e2475e5.html

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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