Maryland Rep. Delaney is running for president in 2020 [View all]

[Jose Garcia]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)Maryland Rep. John Delaney on Friday became the first Democrat to announce he would run for president in 2020.

The 54-year-old three-term congressman revealed his plans in a Washington Post op-ed. He won't run for re-election and is bypassing a run for Maryland governor in 2018.

He enters the race an extreme longshot -- with no national profile among Democrats and a moderate record that appears out of sync with the party's progressive primary electorate.

Delaney is a self-made businessman who has launched two companies and could pour millions of dollars of his own money into the campaign.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/28/politics/john-delaney-democrat-president-2020/index.html