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At the time Michigan Department of State was required by state law to issue a list of individuals' generally advocated by the national news media to be potential presidential candidates' -- the deadline was 4 p.m. November 8 -- Michael Bloomberg was generally advocated by the national news media to be a potential presidential candidate and Deval Patrick was not, national media mentions of Deval Patrick as a potential presidential candidate did not occur until after Michigan presidential primary list had been issued.