Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

A Milestone in the Democrats' Race for 2020

Winnowing is working. Plus Jonathan Bernstein’s morning links.

June 26, 2018 at 12:51 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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Monday was a milestone in the fight for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. A candidate — former Missouri secretary of state and defeated Senate candidate Jason Kander — dropped out of the race. Or, rather, he entered the race for mayor of Kansas City.

For the first time this cycle, I was able to trot out my old hashtag, #WinnowingWorks. So far, the Democratic field had only got bigger. How large? The Washington Post’s Fix counted 15 in March and listed another eight as “worth watching” — and still didn’t include them all. I count some 26 people doing the things candidates do at this point, and it’s likely I’m missing a few.