Senator Obama has now picked up the endorsement of an Indiana congressman in consecutive days, this time with Pete Visclosky making his announcement to endorse the Illinois Senator.
Visclosky represents the northwest portion of Indiana, which is within the Chicago media market and neighbors Senator Obama's home state. Visclosky's congressional district, which includes populous Lake County, suburban Porter County and more rural Benton, Jasper and Newton Counties, went for Obama by a 90,511 - 81,218, even though Obama only won Lake County.
This endorsement follows that of Congressman Joe Donnelly, of the adjacent 2nd Congressional District which contains South Bend. Surprisingly, Donnelly endorsed Obama despite his district leaning toward Clinton by a 72,554 - 69,747 result.
Joining Visclosky as a new Obama endorser are Lauren Wolfe and Awais Khaleel, the President and Vice-President of College Democrats of America, and superdelegates from Michigan and Wisconsin (respectively) representing the College Democrats of America. Wolfe and Khaleel's endorsement of Obama follows that of Crystal Strait, who is a California superdelegate representing the Young Democrats of America for the DNC.
As part of an online contest that would help determine their endorsements, CDA vice-president Khaleel and CDA President Lauren Wolfe received thousands of emails, facebook messages and youtube home videos describing the support of college-age democrats from across the country for their candidate of choice. Not surprisingly, Senator Obama was the clear favorite of the youth vote.
Wolfe's endorsement does not officially count toward the Obama superdelegate total, as she is considered part of Michigan's unpledged delegate total. Khaleel, on the other hand, adds to Obama's superdelegate lead with his endorsement.
Finally, Obama picked up a half-delegate when Democrats Abroad Chair Christine Schon Marques annoucned her support for the Illinois Senator.
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