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CNN Releases The Numbers On Democrats’ Bench For 2020 Presidential Election

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Virginia Kruta Associate Editor
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Former Vice President Joe Biden leads the Democratic field for the 2020 presidential election, according to a CNN poll released Sunday.

CNN’s Ryan Struyk posted the preliminary numbers on Sunday morning, suggesting that former Vice President Joe Biden has the edge with 33 percent.

Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is ranked second on the list with 13 percent — a full 20 points behind Biden.

California Sen. Kamala Harris ranks third with nine percent, followed closely by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at eight percent.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listen as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s, in Washington, DC, U.S., September 27, 2018. Picture taken September 27, 2018. Tom Williams/Pool

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listen as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s, in Washington, DC, U.S., September 27, 2018. Picture taken September 27, 2018. Tom Williams/Pool

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker ties with former Secretary of State John Kerry at five percent, while former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg shares a four-percent ranking with Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke. RELATED: Trump: I’m ‘Dreaming’ Of 2020 Democratic Candidates

Rounding out the list with three percent support or less are former Attorney General Eric Holder (three percent), Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (two percent), attorney Michael Avenatti (one percent), New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (one percent), Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar (one percent) and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (one percent). Former Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and Maryland Rep. John Delaney rated under one percent.

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