Eric Swalwell jumps into presidential race: we need a leader willing to “go big on the issues we take on”
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/08/eric-swalwell-presidential-announcement-california/
East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell jumped into the crowded presidential race Monday, painting himself as a generational change from the Democratic Party’s old guard and outlining a White House bid aimed at appealing to young voters on issues from gun control to student debt reform.
But the fourth-term congressman starts the race as an underdog in a field of better-known candidates who have been campaigning for months — and his first challenge will be getting voters to pick him out of a lineup long enough to field two teams in a typical March Madness game.