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You are here: Home / 2020 Campaign / Obama’s Inner Circle Wants Deval Patrick to Run

Obama’s Inner Circle Wants Deval Patrick to Run

August 1, 2017 at 7:13 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “Obama strategist David Axelrod has had several conversations with Patrick about running, and eagerly rattles off the early primary map logic: small-town campaign experience from his 2006 gubernatorial run that will jive perfectly with Iowa, neighbor-state advantage in New Hampshire and the immediate bloc of votes he’d have as an African-American heading into South Carolina.”

“Obama himself—who is personally close to Patrick, and counts him among the very small group of people whom he thinks has actual political talent—has privately encouraged him to think about it, among others.”

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