Julian Castro, the Democratic mayor of San Antonio,
will deliver the keynote speech at his party’s national convention in
September, taking the role that vaulted Barack Obama to national prominence
eight years ago.
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| Julian Castro, San Antonio Mayor |
Castro will become the first Hispanic American chosen
for the high-profile speaking slot at a time when Obama is counting on Latinos
to help him win a second term in the White House.
“I
know I’ve got some big shoes to fill," Castro says in the three-minute
video. “We’ve come so far over the past three and a half years under Obama’s
leadership. And I know he’s not done yet. We got a lot more work to do."
A
co-chairman of Obama’s re-election campaign, Castro is a rising star in the
Democratic Party who, at 37, has been elected and re-elected to the top job in
San Antonio.
