# IS Julian Castro as Hillary Running Mate a Done Deal?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [May 19, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-julian-castro-as-hillary-running-mate-a-done-deal/720366 "2015-05-19T15:01:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-julian-castro-as-hillary-running-mate-a-done-deal/720366/53 "2015-05-21T00:32:12Z")

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> [@Shodan](#):
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> [Castro has credited affirmative action for his admission into Stanford, telling The New York Times, “Joaquín and I got into Stanford because of affirmative action.”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Castro)

That neither proves nor suggests that they were unqualified.

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