Congressional Endorsements

John Murtha, a prominent anti-war democrat, has endorsed Hillary Clinton. Representative Murtha of Pennsylvania is something of a lieutenant to Majority Speaker Pelosi and is also a coveted superdelegate. Tell you the truth I am a little shocked by this endorsment because Pelosi has tacitly signaled her support for Obama’s campaign in recent days.

Texas also has a few uncommitted superdelegates in the House of Representatives. Amongst those are the newly elected replacement for Tom Delay, that is Congressman Nick Lampson. Lampson is likely set for a rematch run off against Dr. Shelly Sekula-Gibs this November to keep his seat in congress. Lampson’s congressional district encompasses state senatorial district 11 which voted (34k votes) in the primary 57% to 42% in favor of Hillary. I have to add here that SD11 is just a small Clinton district surrounded by other districts which Obama won.

Update: I linked the U.S. congressional and Texas senatorial districts for comparison. I have not seen anyone breakout CD22 for the democratic presidential nomination. Also, I am aware that Shelly Sekula Gibbs still has to beat Pete Olson in a run-off before she gets the chance to rematch Lampson - sorry I got a bit ahead of myself here.