Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced Tuesday that he was entering the 2020 presidential race, making him the 22nd Democrat who hopes to take on President Donald Trump.

Bullock said in a video posted Tuesday that the election "is the fight of our time" and that he is running "to give everyone a fair shot." He emphasized his experience reaching across the aisle to work with Republicans.

"Today we see evidence of a corrupt system all across America," Bullock said in the video. "A government that serves campaign money and not the people."

He highlighted his legislative successes, such as passing a campaign finance law to "prevent dark money groups from controlling an election," and much of his message focused on "big money" and its political influence. Bullock, the former attorney general of Montana, emphasized that he is running to fight "for each one of us in the communities we call home."

"As the Democratic governor of a state that Trump won by 20 points, I don't have the luxury of just talking to people who agree with me," Bullock said in the video. "I go all across our state's 147,000 square miles and look for a common ground to get things done. That's how I was able to bring Democrats and Republicans together."

The two-term governor who won re-election in 2016 is pro-abortion rights, supports marriage equality, has expanded Medicaid and funding for education, and has worked to protect the environment from corporate interests.

Describing himself as "a progressive who gets stuff done," Bullock also passed an earned income tax credit, is suing the Trump administration over dark campaign money, froze college tuition and passed legislation to protect the LGBTQ community.

"To give everyone a fair shot, we must do more than defeat Donald Trump," Bullock said. "We have to defeat the corrupt system that keeps people like him in power, and we need a fighter who's done it before."

Bullock's late entry into a race already crowded with more well-known candidates may make it difficult for the governor to get the required 1% support in the polls and 65,000 donors in order to participate in the first two Democratic primary debates this summer.

