Posted on 08/20/2017 9:14:27 AM PDT by rktman
Julian Castro—the former San Antonio mayor who was President Barack Obama’s Housing and Urban Development secretary—may no longer be interested in running for office in Texas because he is eyeing a White House run in 2020, according to the Abilene Reporter-News.
The paper reported on Saturday that though Castro is one of “the few bright lights among Texas Democrats, he is “signaling that he might be giving up on ever running for office in his native state.”
Earlier this month, Castro created his “Opportunity First” political action committee, which, as the paper notes, led many to believe he is “positioning himself for a run for the White House in 2020.”
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Like so many other Texas Democrats who consider running for a national office from Texas they find out when they get out of the major cities there is no support.
What a pile of dookey.
Who is he? Is he legal?
Uh, so his violation of the Hatch Act is forgotten?
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/julian-castro-ethics-hud-hatch-225732
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