Anyone for Deval Patrick? So Far, Crickets …

Anyone for Deval Patrick?  So Far, Crickets …

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced his 2020 presidential bid nearly a month ago and still lacks any significant support.

Patrick, who served as Massachusetts's governor from 2007 to 2015, entered the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination on November 14, according to WBUR. It occurred one day before the state of New Hampshire's deadline for candidates to file to appear on the ballot and nearly five months after the party's first primary debate.

Some Newtown Shooting Survivors Are Now Stumping for Gun Control – But Not Everyone Agrees
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Some Newtown Shooting Survivors Are Now Stumping for Gun Control – But Not Everyone Agrees

Matthew McDonald

On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot up Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killing 26 people, including 20 first graders.

Seven years later, former Sandy Hook students who survived the mass-shooting are now teen-agers. As the Associated Press reports, some of them are now gun control and school safety advocates.

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