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2020 Democratic brawl for presidency taking shape

Cambridge, Mass. • The 2020 Democratic campaign to defeat President Donald Trump launched in earnest on New Year’s Eve, when Sen. Elizabeth Warren made her ambitions clear: She is running for president.

The Massachusetts Democrat's long-expected announcement that she had filed legal papers to open a campaign did not reshape the race so much as mark an official start to a presidential nominating contest expected to feature one of the largest and most diverse fields of candidates in the history of either major party.

There will be older women, younger women, women of color.