Julián Castro, a former mayor of San Antonio who worked in the Obama administration, announced Saturday morning that he is joining the increasingly crowded field of candidates for the 2020 Democratic nomination. ), jokingly turned that exploration into a full commitment when the two appeared together on CBS’s “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”As Colbert pressed Julián Castro on his 2020 plans, Joaquin Castro jumped in and said: “I’ll speak on his behalf here. ), then a candidate running for Congress, stands with Julián Castro, left, outside a polling station in El Paso in November. Castro announced Saturday that he plans to run as a Democratic candidate for president. He ran for mayor of San Antonio twice, losing the first time in 2005 and then winning in 2009.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2019 17:54 UTC