Senator Kirsten Gillibrand launches presidential campaign

"We need a leader who makes big, bold, brave choices. Someone who isn't afraid of progress," Gillibrand says in a video released to formalize her entry into the campaign. "That's why I'm running for president. And it's why I'm asking you for your support."

She listed a series of issues she'd tackle as President, including better health care for families, stronger public schools and more accessible job training.

Ms. Gellibrand, born in 1966, is one of the most active and outspoken critics of President Trump, and she earned acclaim from party activists when she began voting against all of the President's Cabinet and senior government nominees in early 2017.

Ms. Kirsten Gellibrand is an American attorney serving as the junior US senator from New York since January 2009. She previously held the position of US Representative for New York's 20th congressional district from 2007 until her Senate appointment./.