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Clinton to Get North Carolina Governor's Endorsement
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| Last Edited | particleman Apr 28, 2008 10:48pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, April 29, 2008 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Hillary Clinton will be endorsed by North Carolina Governor Mike Easley tomorrow, one week before the state's presidential primary, Clinton campaign officials said.
``The governor of the great state of North Carolina'' is going to back Clinton in her race against Barack Obama for the party's nomination, Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the New York senator's campaign, said at a fundraiser tonight in Charlotte.
Obama also picked up another superdelegate endorsement today with an announcement that New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman is backing him for the nomination.
Easley will appear with Clinton at an event to make the endorsement, according to a Clinton aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The endorsement would be a major boost for Clinton, who won Pennsylvania's primary April 22. She is trying to halt the momentum of her rival, Obama, an Illinois senator, in the May 6 primaries in North Carolina and Indiana.
Easley, 58, one of the Democratic Party's superdelegates, has been governor of the state since 2001. He won re-election in 2004 with 56 percent of the vote. Easley had supported former North Carolina Senator John Edwards before he withdrew from the race in January. Calls to his press office weren't returned. |
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