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Bloomberg Jumps into 2020 Race by Buying Millions in Campaign Ads

HeadlineNov 25, 2019

The billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has formally entered the 2020 race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Bloomberg has already spent $37 million on television ads for the next two weeks alone. Vermont independent senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders slammed Bloomberg’s bid, saying, “We do not believe that billionaires have the right to buy elections.”

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