Montana Gov. Steve Bullock became the 22nd major Democratic candidate for president when he announced his entry into the race on Tuesday.
The two-term governor, who won re-election in 2016 while Donald Trump was winning the state by 20 points, made his announcement in a video that touted his electability and promised to take dark money out of politics.
"We need to defeat Donald Trump in 2020 and defeat the corrupt system that lets campaign money drown out the people's voice, so we can finally make good on the promise of a fair shot for everyone," Bullock says in the video.
Bullock has pushed several Democratic policies through his state's Republican-controlled legislature, like expanding Medicaid coverage in the state twice and some of the strictest campaign finance laws in the country.
"I don't have the luxury of just talking to people who agree with me," Bullock says in the video.
Democrats had pushed for Bullock to run against Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines next year, but Bullock told the Montana Standard last year that he wasn't sure he would "find being a senator that compelling."
