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'''Deval Patrick''' is the former governor of the Commonwealth of [[Massachusetts]], the first African American to hold that post, and a politician interested in running for the nomination of the [[Democrat Party]] for president in 2020.
'''Deval Patrick''' is the former governor of the Commonwealth of [[Massachusetts]], the first African American to hold that post, and a politician interested in running for the nomination of the [[Democrat Party]] for president in 2020.
==2020 presidential campaign==
Veteran Democrat strategist [[Matt Tiabbi]] commented on Patrick's late entrance into the Democartic field:
{{quotebox|The party’s insiders would have better luck finding a winning general election candidate if they randomly plucked an auto mechanic from Lansing, Michigan, or a nail salon owner from Vegas, or any of a thousand schoolteachers who could use the six months of better-paid work, than they would backing yet another in the seemingly endless parade of corporate-friendly “Goldilocks solutions.” That’s assuming they can’t see past themselves long enough to at least pretend they can support someone with wide support bases like Sanders or Warren.
If what the ''Times'' calls the “Anxious Democratic Establishment” remains stuck in the same doomed, outmoded “[[centrist]]” strategy, next year’s general election season will almost certainly be a miserable repeat of 2016. It seems like everyone sees this but the people with the most money to fund challenges to [[Trump]]. Watching people like Patrick talk themselves into running into the [[populist]] wood-chipper is a cringe-worthy spectacle.<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/deval-patrick-2020-election-democrat-candidate-912661/</ref>}}
==Governor==
==Governor==