Factbox: Three Republicans, 20 Democrats vie for U.S. presidential nominations


  • World
  • Thursday, 29 Aug 2019

FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden gestures during a campaign Community Event at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire, U.S., August 24, 2019. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The largest group of Democratic presidential candidates in the modern U.S. political era has gotten a little bit smaller, while the Republican field slowly grows.

On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from New York became the sixth Democratic candidate to drop out of the race since July.

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