As of this writing there are five Democrats who have officially launched bids for the White House in 2020. Four of them have officially announced this month - Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and California Senator Kamala Harris.
The fifth candidate has been in the race for considerably longer and is yet the least well known. John Delaney, a former three term Congressman from Maryland, announced his candidacy for President in July 2017 when he wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post.
There's nothing in his op-ed which stands out in particular apart from his emphasis on "excessive partisanship". In an age of excessive partisanship, I don't think he'll get very far. The fact that he is a white, middle-aged male won't help him either. There's a very good chance he could be to the 2020 Democratic field what former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore was to the Republican field in 2016 and find himself excluded from a majority of the debates.
This would be a shame. Delaney has every much right to be considered by Democratic voters as Harris, Gillibrand, Castro, Gabbard or any other Democrat who wishes to enter the race.
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