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"One Nation. One Destiny" That has been Julian Castro's campaign slogan since he announced in January of 2019 that he would be entering the crowded list of Democrats looking to oust Republican Donald Trump from the White House come next November. That motto carried through much of Castro's hour and a half long speech to roughly 120 Lee County Democrats and interested citizens when the former San Antonio Mayor and […]

The Lee County Democrats have announced that another 2020 presidential hopeful will be visiting the Tri-State Area. Julian Castro is a Texas native who served as the mayor of San Antonio from 2009 until 2014 when he was named the youngest ever Secretery of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under then-President Barack Obama. Castro also announced his presence as a player in the Democratic Party when he delivered a keynote […]