Massachusetts ex-Governor Patrick enters crowded Democratic presidential race

[November 14, 2019]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will seek the Democratic nomination for president, entering a crowded field of candidates vying to run against Republican Donald Trump in 2020, he said in a campaign video released on Thursday.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick stands to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during the 364th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts May 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

Patrick, 63, is a Harvard-trained lawyer and two-term former governor who has been working as a managing director of the Boston investment firm Bain Capital. A close ally of former Democratic President Barack Obama, Patrick, who is African-American, joins nearly 20 other candidates seeking the nomination.

(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein and Susan Heavey; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

[© 2019 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved.]

Copyright 2019 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.  Thompson Reuters is solely responsible for this content.