Stacey Abrams says a 2020 presidential run is still possible

Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia House minority leader who lost the contentious race for governor race last year, has not ruled out the possibility of running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.  In an excerpt from a new interview for “Pod Save America,” Abrams simply replied “yes,” when asked whether she would ever consider joining the crowded pool of candidates.Story Continued Below  Abrams’ name was previously floated as a possible running mate on former Vice President Joe Biden’s ticket, but Abrams bucked that notion during an interview on “The View,” saying, “You don't run for second place.”  “If I’m going to enter a primary, then I’m going to enter a primary,” she said. “If I don’t enter a primary, my job is to make certain that the best Democrat becomes the nominee and whoever wins the primary, that we make sure that person gets elected in 2020. Running in a primary to be the vice president is very different than someone who has been selected by the party to be the nominee asking you to serve as a partner.”  Back in March, Abrams said the soonest she could see herself back in politics was 2028, but later tweeted that “2020 is definitely on the table,” in response to the possibility of a run.  “In the spreadsheet with all the jobs I wanted to do, 2028 would be the earliest I would be ready to stand for president because I would have done the work I thought necessary to be effective in that job,” Abrams said at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.  Abrams lost her 2018 Georgia gubernatorial campaign to Brian Kemp, who was Georgia’s secretary of state at the time. She later sued the Georgia Board of Elections, citing allegations of voter suppression. More recently, she rejected the prospect of running for a Senate seat. She gave the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in February.

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