Just six months into Donald Trump’s presidency, challengers are beginning to line up for 2020. became the first Democrat to formally declare his candidacy for the next presidential election. Trump has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission that officially qualifies him as a 2020 candidate, but said the filing “does not constitute a formal announcement of my candidacy for the 2020 election.” Trump held a 2020 re-election fundraiser last month at his Washington hotel. “No games, no cat-and-mouse, no backup plan at the 11th hour if a focus group goes badly,” he wrote. America Rising, a Republican Super PAC and opposition research group, greeted the announcement with a jab at Delaney’s national profile:

Source: Huffington Post July 28, 2017 19:30 UTC