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ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Biden secured the endorsement of another former presidential rival on Friday, with former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick adding his name to the list of campaign dropouts backing the former vice president’s bid for the Democratic nomination. The decision continues the Democratic establishment’s consolidation around Biden as he battles progressive Sen. Bernie […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Deval Patrick on Thursday outlined a broad policy agenda Thursday while jabbing at his progressive rivals for proposals that he considers too ideologically inflexible. “A politics that says we have to agree on everything before we can work together on anything, that offers government by slogan and short-term wins, […]

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Deval Patrick is defending his work for one of the nation’s largest subprime mortgage lenders, telling voters there’s “a place in the economy” for the financial tools — the abuse of which led to the 2008 housing market crash. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER:  LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Deval Patrick was in need of a pep talk. He was staring down reelection as Massachusetts governor in 2010, in the midst of a sluggish economic recovery that would ultimately contribute to sweeping Democratic defeats across the country. In stepped President Barack Obama, a close friend and political ally, who was in […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Thursday he is running for president, making a late entry into the Democratic race less than three months before primary voting begins. In an announcement video, Patrick highlighted his poverty-stricken childhood on Chicago’s South Side, saying he’s running for the “people who feel left out and […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is considering making a late run for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to two people with knowledge of his deliberations, underscoring some Democrats’ deep uncertainty about the party’s current crop of contenders. Patrick, a close friend and ally of former President Barack Obama, ruled out a presidential […]

Former President Obama and people in his group are reportedly encouraging the Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick for president in 2020. According to a Politico article, Obama is a close friend of Patrick and thinks him to be among a very small group with strong political talents and has “privately encouraged him to think about it, among others” Deval […]

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Former Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is slated to join Bain Capital, the Boston investment giant, where he will develop a new line of business…

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BOSTON (AP) — Survivors, first responders and relatives of those killed in the Boston Marathon bombing marked the anniversary Tuesday with tributes that combined sorrow over the loss of innocent victims with pride over the city’s resilience in the face of a terror attack. “This day will always be hard, but this place will always […]

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BOSTON (AP) — Although his time in the U.S. Senate will be brief — less than five full months — William “Mo” Cowan could find himself in the thick of major policy debates from the federal budget to immigration reform and gun control. Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday appointed Cowan, his former chief of […]