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2020 Presidential Election January 2, 2020

Julian Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race

Julian Castro, the former Obama housing secretary and San Antonio mayor, has dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

2020 Presidential Election December 15, 2019

Democratic debate in jeopardy amid labor disputes as candidates express frustration over 'artificially narrowed' field

Controversy continues to roil this week’s upcoming Democratic presidential primary debate in Los Angeles amid an ongoing labor dispute, anger over the tightening qualification standards and discontent with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez.

2020 Presidential Election December 4, 2019

Julián Castro accuses media of 'double standard' in covering Kamala Harris campaign

2020 presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., was hit with an unfair double standard and trashed by the media, during her quest for the White House, said former House and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro on Monday. 

Julian Castro November 14, 2019

Castro fails to make cut as DNC announces participants for next debate

Only 10 candidates qualified for next week’s Democratic presidential primary debate.

ELECTIONS November 11, 2019

Castro swipes at Iowa and New Hampshire, argues they're not diverse enough to keep primary status

Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro is calling for Iowa and New Hampshire to lose their coveted status leading off the presidential nominating calendar, pointing to a lack of diversity in both states. 

ELECTIONS November 5, 2019

2020 longshot Castro laying off campaign staff in New Hampshire, South Carolina

Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro is laying off his campaign staff in New Hampshire and South Carolina, two of the first four early-voting states in the primary and caucus nominating season.

2020 Presidential Election November 1, 2019

Castro reaches fundraising goal, staying in 2020 race

The presidential campaign of the former San Antonio, Texas Mayor Julian Castro, who later served as Housing and Urban Development secretary in the Obama cabinet, announced on Friday that they brought in in $800,000 in the last 10 days of October, a haul that he had said was necessary to continue his bid for the Democratic nomination.

2020 Presidential Election October 31, 2019

Some 2020 Dems mark Halloween with spooky Twitter names

A handful of 2020 hopefuls gave their Twitter names a spooky face-lift, in time for Halloween.

ELECTIONS October 21, 2019

Julian Castro warns his campaign will be ‘silenced for good’ if he doesn’t reach fundraising goal

The end may be near for Julian Castro’s White House bid.

ELECTIONS October 16, 2019

No breakout moment in debate for Castro, but long-shot vows to ‘keep fighting’

If anyone needed a big night at the fourth round Democratic nomination debate – it was Julian Castro. But Castro grabbed only 8.2 minutes of speaking time at the debate – the third least amount among the record-setting 12 candidates on the stage – and didn’t score a breakout moment. But in an interview with Fox News in the spin room following the debate Julian Castro vowed he’ll fight on even if fails to make November’s cut and optimistically said he’ll qualify for the next debate.

2020 Presidential Election September 29, 2019

2020 Dem field poised for new purge, with crucial deadlines looming

Candidates in the record-setting field of 2020 Democrats face two key deadlines this coming week.