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    Lots of senators are eyeing the White House. But few have ever made it there.

    Jan 30, 2019 5 minutes

    When a young US senator named Barack Obama announced he was going to run for president in 2007, pundits proclaimed the odds were against him.

    He was a Washington rookie, at the time having served only two years in the Senate, up against Democratic powerhouses like Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden for the nomination. He lacked executive experience. Plus, no sitting senator had won the White House since John F. Kennedy in 1960. 

    President Obama beat the odds. Now, as 2020 looms, a slew of Democrats are looking to do the same, with as many as eight senators angling toward the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. 

    Sen. Kamala Harris of California announced her bid last week – the third to make it official in the past month, after Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. Other

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