Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Patrick announces Dem presidential bid
JULIE PACE, BILL BARROW and STEVE PEOPLES
Associated Press
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 left back.â€
As the first in his family to go to college and law school, Patrick said, “I’ve had a chance to live my American Dream.†But over the years, the “path to that dream†has closed off for others, he said, as government and economy have been “letting us down.â€
He later traveled to New Hampshire to file paperwork to compete in the nationâ