Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick Deval PatrickRalph Gants, chief justice of Massachusetts supreme court, dies at 65 It's as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process Top Democratic super PACs team up to boost Biden MORE (D) is joining CBS News as a political contributor, according to a network announcement on Friday.



Patrick, 63, served as governor from 2007 to 2015. There was some speculation that he would run for president in 2016, but he decided against it.



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"In office, he made education, innovation and infrastructure the centerpiece of his recovery strategy after the Great Recession, implementing significant reforms, driving record-breaking growth and opportunity, and achieving nation-leading results," reads the CBS announcement."Before entering politics, he was a senior executive and general counsel in two Fortune 500 companies, a member of other large and small company boards, and a partner in two Boston-based business law firms. Early in his career, he was an attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where he focused on death penalty appeals and voting rights cases," the release added.Patrick is currently a managing director and co-managing partner of Bain Capital Double Impact, a company that was co-founded by Sen.(R-Utah), a former Massachusetts governor and the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.

The news comes one day after CBS News announced it signed former Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida Hillicon Valley: Productivity, fatigue, cybersecurity emerge as top concerns amid pandemic | Facebook critics launch alternative oversight board | Google to temporarily bar election ads after polls close Trump pledges to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, designate KKK a terrorist group in pitch to Black voters MORE 2016 campaign manager Robby Mook and Sen. Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioGOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power McConnell pushes back on Trump: 'There will be an orderly transition' Graham vows GOP will accept election results after Trump comments MORE's (R-Fla.) 2016 campaign manager Terry Sullivan as contributors.