While the spotlight is currently on Beto O'Rourke, one of two Texan Democrats running to be president, Julián Castro has been keeping his own pace in early primary states. “What’s important to me is to do well at the right time, which is in early 2020.'
Castro said that as word is spreading of his campaign, the campaign's database of supporters and voters is growing in each of the states he's visiting, especially where he has organizers on the ground. The goal remains to build a momentum, he said.
Castro zipped from New Hampshire to Dallas where he was to attend a fundraiser Tuesday, The Dallas Morning News reported. At the end of December, before he announced for president, Castro had raised $220,387.81. That’s a pace that’s unlikely to sustain him deep into a competitive primary campaign. On Monday, Castro had posted solicitations to voters for at least $1 donations.
Castro burst onto the national scene in 2012 when he delivered the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. The former Housing and Urban Development Secretary under President Barack Obama and a former San Antonio mayor, Castro would be the nation's first president of Mexican descent if elected.
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