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The first, he's running.

Deval Patrick this morning announced, first via Twitter, that he'll seek the Democratic

Party's presidential nomination, months and months after saying that he wouldn't.

For those who don't know who Patrick is, here's a quick primer.

First, he grew up poor in Chicago, became the first in his family to go to college,

and later became both a civil rights and corporate lawyer. And as you might have guessed from the Chicago and civil rights

lawyer thing, he is close to Barack Obama. Two, he served two terms as governor of Massachusetts.

Three, his next job, which Patrick held until yesterday, was his head of a social impact

investing fund at private equity firm Bain Capital.

Yeah, the same Bain Capital founded by Mitt Romney.

Four, he is politically moderate by current Democratic Party standards, although a liberal

within the broader sphere of American politics.

Now, Patrick's timing here was likely forced by tomorrow's New Hampshire filing deadline,

but his late decision

has many scratching their heads, both locally in Massachusetts and nationally, wondering why now

and how he plans to overcome what will be Elizabeth Warren's inevitable attacks on his private

equity resume. In short, he's a long shot. In 15 seconds, we'll go deeper with Axios political

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