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Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro to visit Boise on Tuesday

Castro is one of nearly a dozen Democratic candidates running for president in 2020 and is the first one to make a stop in Idaho.
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In this Jan. 16, 2019, photo, Julian Castro, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, speaks at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

BOISE, Idaho — Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro will be making a campaign stop in Boise on Tuesday, the first of the 2020 hopefuls to visit the Gem State.

He will be taking part in a meet and greet event at the Boise State Student Union Building starting at 7 p.m.

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The event is open to the public.

Castro is a former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Obama administration. He also served as mayor of San Antonio, Texas from 2010 to 2014.

Castro - one of nearly a dozen Democratic candidates who have declared for the 2020 primary so far - has promised to visit all 50 states during his campaign.

The last Democratic presidential candidate to visit Idaho was Bernie Sanders in 2016. 

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