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David Khan says he doesn’t underestimate the obstacles facing the Alberta Liberals but he believes there is space for the party to grow on the provincial political landscape.

The 42-year-old lawyer formally announced Wednesday he would run for the Liberal leadership.

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A decade ago the Liberals appeared to be a real possibility to form government in Alberta but the party now holds a single seat — Liberal Leader David Swann’s Calgary-Mountain View riding — in the legislature.

“There’s a number of challenges I’m ready to meet,” said Khan, who vowed to run candidates in all 87 ridings in the 2019 provincial election.

“We need a new vision, we need better communication with Albertans, we need strong leadership. But we also need to build on our infrastructure. We have solid infrastructure in this party.”

The Liberals ran only 56 candidates in the 2015 provincial election. The most recent Postmedia poll conducted by Mainstreet Research in February had the Liberals at four per cent support provincially.