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brooklynite

(93,878 posts)
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 03:57 PM Nov 2019

Deval Patrick tells allies he's running for president

CNN

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is telling friends and allies in phone calls on Wednesday that he has made a decision to run for president, two people familiar with the matter say.

Plans for the timing of his formal announcement are still in flux, with attention on impeachment, but Patrick is likely to reveal his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination by video or social media message on Thursday, with a formal appearance in New Hampshire on Friday to file his papers for the primary there with the secretary of state's office, one person familiar with the plan says.
The odds could be incredibly steep for a late entrant like Patrick, who is not well known nationally and does not have personal wealth to finance a campaign. Patrick has missed the deadline to appear on the primary ballot in Alabama and Arkansas. The deadline to file in New Hampshire is Friday.

Patrick could seize upon potential advantages in early-voting states: He is from Massachusetts, which is next door to New Hampshire, home of the first-in-the-nation primary. And being one of the country's first African American governors could be politically beneficial in South Carolina, where a majority of Democratic primary voters are black.

CNN reported on Monday that Patrick was seriously weighing whether he could make a credible last-minute entry into the Democratic Party's crowded primary contest after previously ruling out a bid late last year.
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Deval Patrick tells allies he's running for president (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2019 OP
No, just... TheCowsCameHome Nov 2019 #1
A big who cares...he will not win the nomination and will end up wasting time and money. Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #2
...... RhodeIslandOne Nov 2019 #3
Where is his base? Renew Deal Nov 2019 #4
I don't know anything about his political leanings, but he is from MA. HerbChestnut Nov 2019 #5
Another 1% candidate Green Line Nov 2019 #6
I don't see it working. He should have entered the race earlier. CentralMass Nov 2019 #7
 

TheCowsCameHome

(40,163 posts)
1. No, just...
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 04:00 PM
Nov 2019

no.

Don't do it. Please.

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primary today, I would vote for:
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Demsrule86

(68,352 posts)
2. A big who cares...he will not win the nomination and will end up wasting time and money.
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 04:01 PM
Nov 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Renew Deal

(81,803 posts)
4. Where is his base?
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 04:08 PM
Nov 2019

I just don't know how you win based on the current state of the race. I think that the winner is already running. The only person that could run tomorrow and win is Obama.

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HerbChestnut

(3,649 posts)
5. I don't know anything about his political leanings, but he is from MA.
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 04:10 PM
Nov 2019

Maybe he's trying to take a chunk of Warren's support?

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Green Line

(1,123 posts)
6. Another 1% candidate
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 04:22 PM
Nov 2019

Just because he's from Mass doesn't mean he's going to pick up votes in NH, I seriously doubt if he could be reelected Governor here again. I don't get why he thinks this is a good idea.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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CentralMass

(15,265 posts)
7. I don't see it working. He should have entered the race earlier.
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 04:27 PM
Nov 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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