The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 14, 2019 Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick Formally Enters 2020 Presidential Race -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will formally enter the 2020 presidential race as a candidate for the Democratic nomination. Patrick is managing director at the private equity firm Bain Capital, which was co-founded by Republican Utah Senator Mitt Romney. He once worked as general counsel to the oil company Texaco; served on the board of Ameriquest, a subprime mortgage lender; and was executive vice president at Coca-Cola. .