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He didn't need binders to fill these vacancies.

Today at 7 a.m., early voting began across Florida. Well before the doors opened—or the sun was up—Floridians were lining up outside their polling places to cast their ballots 10 days before Election Day.

Milagros and her husband joined the queue at the Platt Regional Library in Tampa before the sun was up. She's a veteran volunteer with the local OFA field office, but this morning carries special significance. As a new American citizen, this is the first time the Venezuelan-born Milagros is eligible to vote.

"This is my first time voting. I'm really proud to be a citizen of the United States. My husband and I went to bed last night at 2 a.m., and we decided to wake up very early and come here and do it on the first day. We want to make sure our president is re-elected. He's the best for this country. He worries about the middle class. He worries about everybody. He loves America, and he wants to help us. I want to do anything I can [to re-elect him.]"

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Mayor Julián Castro thinks the choice is clear. 

At the Democratic National Convention tonight, San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro delivered the keynote address. Here's what he said.

This morning, we ran into Mayor Julián Castro of San Antonio, Texas, on the convention floor. Mayor Castro is getting ready to deliver the Democratic National Convention keynote address tomorrow evening, and he offered us a quick preview of what we can expect to hear from him when he takes the stage: a true American story and a message about the choice we face that he he hopes will resonate with the American people.