Deval Patrick: Democratic primary is 'wide open' [View all]

[brooklynite]

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Deval Patrick insisted Monday he has a real shot at the Democratic nomination despite his last-minute entry into a packed field earlier this month.

"It's a wide-open race," the former Massachusetts governor told reporters at the Politics & Eggs breakfast, hosted by the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College. "And the fact that folks have been in for a long time and campaigning for a long time now, raising money for a long time ... has not resolved it."

Patrick's comments came on the heels of a trip through the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. "What I've seen is that the path we knew was there is wider than I fully appreciated."

Patrick jumped into the presidential race 11 days ago. His decision to run made waves in his home state of Massachusetts, which he shares with frontrunner Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

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