Obama wins backing of Kansas governor
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Gov. Kathleen Sebelius told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she will endorse Democrat Barack Obama for president.
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TOLEDO, Iowa  - While presidential hopefuls were trying to butter up supporters ahead of the January 3 Iowa caucus, one would-be voter was literally buttering up her favorite candidate, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.
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Sen. Edward Kennedy, who bears one of the most famous names in politics and is a leading liberal voice in the Congress, will endorse Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign on Monday, Democratic sources said.
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A former South Carolina governor who now runs a lobbying and consulting firm endorsed Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama on Wednesday, despite the Illinois senator's constant criticism of lobbyists.
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Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin threw her support behind Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Wednesday following his disappointing second-place finish in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.
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Sen. Barack Obama was drawing strong support across race and gender lines Tuesday in Virginia that showed signs he was eating into the core voters of his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, endorsed presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday.
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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a  former top civil-rights enforcer in the Clinton administration,  gave his support on Wednesday to Barack Obama in the race for  the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
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Puerto Rican Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila endorsed Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday, giving the candidate potentially key support from one of the island's superdelegates in a close fight for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won the party's caucuses in Hawaii, his second victory of the day after Wisconsin.
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Embattled Gov. Ernie Fletcher's second in command endorsed an opponent Monday in the governor's race.
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First-term Rep. Carol Shea-Porter supports Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, even though her New Hampshire constituents voted for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Democratic icon and a leading liberal voice, endorsed Barack Obama on Monday for the party's presidential nomination and called the young lawmaker an inspirational uniter.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa  - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was buoyed on Tuesday by some good news in an Iowa opinion poll but warned his backers they need to show up and vote this week if they want him to win.
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Presidential hopeful Barack Obama won the endorsement Saturday of U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, a popular moderate in largely Republican Nebraska who said he believes Obama has ability to bridge the partisan divide and to carry Democratic candidates across the country to victory in 2008.
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Democrat Barack Obama, who was born and raised in Hawaii, trounced Republican Alan Keyes today to claim a Senate seat in Illinois.
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Sen. Barack Obama is expected to receive the backing of a major service workers union Friday, a significant boost to the Illinois Democrat's campaign that comes amid signs that his rival's support among superdelegates may be slipping.