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23
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0 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Allies of Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., are launching an effort to lay groundwork for him to run for president, the leaders of a new draft committee told NBC News.
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leaders → launch → News
Former Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., and progressive strategist Nomiki Konst are co-chairs of the group — “Run Ro” — which can raise money from donors and begin building support for a Khanna candidacy while he continues to weigh a 2028 bid.
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he → run → bid
The move comes in the immediate aftermath of a midterm election in which voters swept Democrats into power in the House and the Senate, with some high-profile progressives among the big winners.
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voters → come → winners
It also comes as the party’s left wing looks for a new champion who can run in the progressive lane that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., occupied in the 2016 and 2020 presidential nominating contests.
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Sanders → come → contests
“By launching now, we are trying to ensure that the presidential primary debate is framed from a progressive populist perspective,” Konst said.
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Konst → launch → perspective
The challenges facing a possible Khanna candidacy are immense.
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challenges → face → candidacy
Only one person was ever elected to the presidency directly from the House: James Garfield, R-Ohio, in 1880.
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person → elect → 1880
Khanna, a fifth-term lawmaker, has made headlines with bipartisan efforts to force the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files and to end the war in Iran.
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Khanna → make → Iran
He is nonetheless not even the most famous House progressive considering a presidential bid.
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He → consider → bid
That unofficial title belongs to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who hasn’t yet said whether she will seek the presidency, run for a Senate seat in New York or remain in the House.
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she → belong → House
“She is my sister, and I love her,” Bowman said of Ocasio-Cortez, with whom he shared a close alliance in the House.
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he → love → House
“Ro Khanna has shown the work ethic, the humility and the vision that we need in this moment.”
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we → show → moment
And he has been traveling to early primary states for months.
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he → travel → months
He makes no effort to hide his presidential ambitions, and many of his colleagues believe he will jump into the race.
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he → make → race
He welcomed the draft committee in a statement to NBC News.
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He → welcome → News
“I’m honored that people are encouraging me to run on a platform of Medicare for All, ending foreign wars and taxing the billionaires,” he said.
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he → ’m → billionaires
“We need America’s Next New Deal.
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We → need → Deal
Whether I run or support someone else is something I will decide with my family after the holidays.”
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I → run → holidays
Konst said the draft committee will allow her and Bowman to organize now so Khanna isn’t late to the game if he does run.
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he → say → game
“The centrists organize and strategize early,” she said.
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she → organize → ?
“They have their donors, corporate consultants and leaders lined up for years.
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donors → have → years
Building off the lessons of past primaries, our goal is to channel the progressive energy into a vessel for organizing and spreading our winning message early, as we can’t wait for the politics to line up.
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politics → build → message
No candidate has yet entered the field for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.
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candidate → enter → nomination
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