Commentary: Democrats are headed toward a white nominee. The vice president needs to be a person of color
by Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times
Jan 14, 2020
3 minutes
Julian Castro announced he was withdrawing from the Democratic presidential primary Jan. 2. Despite a strong progressive record, his campaign never attracted much media attention or voter loyalty. Sen. Cory Booker dropped out Monday, after facing some of the same problems.
They leave behind an increasingly white field of candidates. The last presidential debate, in December, included only one person of color, tech executive Andrew Yang. Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Tom Steyer, Bernie Sanders and
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