Here are the potential candidates still eyeing 2020 bids
By John Bowden - 05/18/19 02:59 PM EDT
With the 2020 campaign season already revving up, there are still a handful of potential candidates who have yet to announce their plans.
After an announcement this week from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), the number of declared candidates running for president in 2020 has reached 25, including 24 declared Democrats and one Republican, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. But that doesn't mean there's no room for a few more high-profile names to enter the race.
Later entrants to the primary field often face heavy disadvantages against candidates with more established political operations, as many top national political operatives as well as state organizers have already made commitments to work with existing campaigns.
Candidates such as Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have well-established organizations with hundreds of volunteers already signed up to engage in voter outreach.
Later entrances have benefited other candidates, however, such as former Vice President Joe Biden who currently sits comfortably at the top of most polling of the Democratic primary.
Here are the top names thought to be still considering bids for the presidency in 2020:
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