{"id":28020,"date":"2017-05-02T09:24:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T09:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=28020"},"modified":"2017-05-02T09:24:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T09:24:50","slug":"rep-joaquin-castro-wont-seek-cruzs-senate-seat-in-2018-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/politics\/rep-joaquin-castro-wont-seek-cruzs-senate-seat-in-2018-report.html","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Joaquin Castro won&#8217;t seek Cruz&#8217;s Senate seat in 2018: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Rep. Joaquin Castro won&#39;t seek Cruz&#39;s Senate seat in 2018: report<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Representative Joaquin Castro has decided against running for the U.S. Senate in 2018, a campaign that would have pitted him against Republican Senator Ted Cruz, The New York Times reported on Monday.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Castro, 42, made his decision after several months of speculation about a potential primary clash with Congressman Beto O&#39;Rourke, who has already announced his candidacy, the Times reported.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Both Castro and O&#39;Rourke are part of the U.S. congressional delegation from Texas.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Castro and his brother, Julian, are both considered rising stars in the Democratic party. Julian Castro served as secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">source:-http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-politics-castro-idUSKBN17X2GX<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/politics\/rep-joaquin-castro-wont-seek-cruzs-senate-seat-in-2018-report.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Joaquin Castro won&#39;t seek Cruz&#39;s Senate seat in 2018: report Representative Joaquin Castro has decided against running for the U.S. Senate in 2018, a campaign that would have pitted him against Republican Senator Ted Cruz, The New York Times reported on Monday. 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