Bullock announces bid for presidency

Montana Governor Steve Bullock has announced he is planning to run for U.S. president in the 2020 election.

A two-term Democratic governor, Bullock remains popular with voters in the state. A poll by Montana State University and the Montana Television Network earlier this year found 60 percent of voters saying they strongly approve or approve of the job he's doing, and 54 percent of the voters saying the state is heading in the right direction.

Bullock enters a tightly packed field of Democratic presidential hopefuls challenging President Donald Trump in his announced bid for re-election.

That field of challengers includes former Vice President and Sen. Joe Biden, Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y, Kamala Harris, D-Calif, Amy Klobuachar, D-Minn., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Washington Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, South Bend, Indiana, Democratic Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, former Democratic governor of Colorado John Hickenlooper, former mayor of San Antonio Julián Castro and several others.