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"></div> </div> </div> <h1 itemprop="headline" class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/11/20/former-senator-jim-webb-exploring-2016-bid/" rel="bookmark" class="entry-title-link " title="Permanent link to Former Senator Jim Webb Exploring 2016 Bid">Former Senator Jim Webb Exploring 2016 Bid</a></h1> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium byline"> <time class="dateline " datetime="2014-11-20T14:29:56+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">9:29 <span class="seg">am ET</span></time> <span class="visually-hidden updated">9:29 <span class="seg">am ET</span></span> <div class="name name-with-headshot" data-author="By Nick Corasaniti" style="background-image: url('https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/22/us/politics/Nick-Corasaniti/First-Draft-avatars-slide-RPAV-thumbLarge.png');"> <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person"> By <address class="vcard first-byline" itemscope="" itemprop="author creator" itemtype="//schema.org/Person" itemid="Nick Corasaniti"> <span class="fn" itemprop="name">Nick Corasaniti</span> </address> </span> </div> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="//www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/11/20/former-senator-jim-webb-exploring-2016-bid/" data-title="Former Senator Jim Webb Exploring 2016 Bid" data-description="Jim Webb, a Democratic former senator from Virginia, announced that he has launched an exploratory committee for a potential 2016 presidential run. "></div> </div> <div class="w480 youtube-video-container"> <div class="youtube-video" data-youtube-id="oV3RnBaXIlk" data-start=""> <div class="thumb"><img src="https://img.youtube.com/vi/oV3RnBaXIlk/0.jpg"> <div class="playButton"> <div class="arrow"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Jim Webb, a Democratic former senator from Virginia, has announced that he is launching an exploratory committee for a potential 2016 presidential run.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">“I’ve proudly spent several periods in government, but I am not a career politician,” Mr. Webb said in a 14-minute video posted by the Webb 2016 YouTube account. He added, “I look forward to listening and talking with more people in the coming months as I decide whether or not to run.”</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Mr. Webb has also launched a <a href="https://webb2016.com/">website</a> for his exploratory committee.</p> <p class="story-body-text" itemprop="articleBody">Long rumored to be contemplating a run, Mr. Webb is considered a long shot to win the Democratic nomination.</p> <div class="hide-on-viewport-medium sharetools-footer"> <div class="shareTools sharetools theme-classic sharetools-story" data-shares="facebook|Share,twitter|Tweet" data-url="//www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/11/20/former-senator-jim-webb-exploring-2016-bid/" data-title="Former Senator Jim Webb Exploring 2016 Bid" data-description="Jim Webb, a Democratic former senator from Virginia, announced that he has launched an exploratory committee for a potential 2016 presidential run. 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