Rep. Kucinich of Ohio to Make White House Bid
Ohio Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, one of the strongest voices in Congress against war in Iraq, said he will enter the race for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination.
Kucinich, co-leader of the Progressive Caucus, which includes the House’s most liberal members, told a gathering of Iowa labor leaders that he would file papers today to create a committee to raise money for a presidential bid.
Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun, the first black woman elected to the Senate but a loser in her 1998 reelection bid, also plans to launch a committee.
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