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In reply to the discussion: Al Franken for 2020! [View all]StevieM
(10,578 posts)lost a bid to be governor of California, or won and become governor in 2019, the year the campaign for president begins.
Becerra would have been a great candidate, but he just agreed to become California's attorney general.
I don't think O'Malley is likely to run again after just losing so decisively in 2016. Although, to be clear, I liked O'Malley a lot and I think he would have made a good nominee and a good president. Then again, there certainly would have been a terrific fake scandal that the GOP made up against him.
Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand seem likely to run.
I am not sure why you left Elizabeth Warren off the list. I definitely think she will run and is probably the early front-runner.
Then again, Bernie Sanders might very well run again, even at his advanced age.
Other possible contenders are Sen. Amy Klobachar of Minnesota, Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado, former governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, and HUD Secretary Julian Castro.
I think that Patrick won't run if Warren does. And I think that if Bernie Sanders doesn't run then maybe Tulsi Gabbard will.