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Pledged Delegate Switches From Edwards To Obama

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Edwards, New Hampshire, Pledged Delegates

PORTSMOUTH, N.H.—A New Hampshire Democratic Party delegate who had supported John Edwards says he will support Barack Obama, now that Edwards has endorsed his former political rival for the party’s presidential nominee.

Joshua Denton of Portsmouth, 26, an Iraq war veteran, says he thinks that both Obama and Hillary Clinton would be a better president than Republican nominee John McCain. He thinks that Obama is the change the country needs, along with having the best chance of beating McCain in the general election.

This means that Obama would need 132.5 more delegates to clinch the nomination.

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One Response to “Pledged Delegate Switches From Edwards To Obama”

Donklephant » Blog Archive » 7 More Pledged Delegates Switch To Obama Says:
May 15th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
[...] talked about one of Edwards’ switchers earlier, and now 6 out of the 8 from South Carolina and 1 from Iowa have announced they’re backing [...]

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