Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., on Jan. 15 announced her intent to enter the 2020 presidential race, CNBC reports.
Ms. Gillibrand told the host of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Jan. 15 she plans to launch an exploratory committee.
"I'm going to run for president of the United States because as a young mom, I'm going to fight for other people's kids as hard as I would fight for my own," she said.
Ms. Gillibrand was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2009 to fill the seat left vacant by Hillary Clinton, who was appointed the U.S. secretary of state, the report states.
CNBC reports Ms. Gillibrand, who became a staunch supporter of women's rights early on, has veered farther to the left during the last two years, latching on to key Democratic issues to mobilize voters. She also maintains one of the most anti-Trump voting records in the Senate, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
Her advocacy for women's rights has pervaded her voting record on healthcare issues as well. In 2015, she voted against a bill that would rescind funding for Planned Parenthood, according to Vote Smart. In September 2018, she voted to pass a bill that aimed to increase the nation's opioid epidemic response efforts, which President Donald Trump signed into law the following month. She also voted in favor of the Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act, which aimed to prohibit insurers and prescription benefit managers from concealing lower prescription drug prices from patients.
Ms. Gillibrand is one of many Democrats who may be considering a run for president in 2020, including Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
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