US election 2020: Gillibrand launches presidential bid

Kirsten Gillibrand has become the latest US democrat to join a crowded race to be the party’s candidate for the 2020 presidential election.

The 52 year-old senator for New York announced her bid in an online video released on Sunday.

Fifteen other democrats have already declared they will seek the nomination.

Report says they include senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Bernie sanders who ran against Hillary Clinton in 2016 and ex Texas congressman Beto O’rourke.