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Maryland: Superdelegates

Wed, 06/04/2008 - 12:38

Cardin endorses Obama

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama today saying he was confident that U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski and Governor

Martin O'Malley, who both threw their support to Hillary Clinton, would also rally around Obama's candidacy.

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Sat, 05/17/2008 - 23:43

Superdelegate Pecoraro endorses Obama

By Politicker Staff

Yesterday, Westminster City Councilman and Democratic superdelegate Greg Pecoraro threw his support behind Sen. Barack Obama.

In a statement, Pecoraro said he is "very excited to join the large majority of Maryland Democrats who expressed their enthusiasm for Senator Obama’s candidacy in our state's presidential primary."

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Thu, 05/15/2008 - 15:06

Still uncommitted, Pecoraro taking superdelegate decision ‘day by day’

By Kevin Agnese

As a member of the Democratic National Committee, Westminster Councilman Gregory Pecoraro is a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention in August. He is one of the state's nine uncommitted superdelegates, which means he's been busy fielding phone calls and meeting with the candidates and their surrogates.

Despite all the pressure to support either Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) or Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), Pecoraro told PolitickerMD.com that he is taking the process in a "day by day" manner.

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Fri, 05/09/2008 - 10:07

Another state superdelegate goes for Obama

By Politicker Staff

[img_assist|nid=2231|title=John Gage|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=130|height=190]Union leader John Gage, president of the American Federation of Government Employees and a Maryland Democratic superdelegate, announced his support for Sen. Barack Obama this morning, AP reports.

Gage's endorsement came with that of his approximately 600,000-member union of federal and D.C. government employees, of which he has been president since 2003.

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Wed, 05/07/2008 - 14:23

Cryor says the Democratic race is over

By Kevin Agnese

In the aftermath of Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) convincing victory over Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) in the North Carolina primary and narrow defeat in Indiana, Maryland Democratic Party Chairman Michael Cryor told PolitickerMD.com that the Democratic contest is "for all intensive purposes, over."

"It makes it a lot easier for the American people to appreciate the inevitability of where this contest is headed," Cryor, an Obama superdelegate, said of the results.

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Tue, 05/06/2008 - 14:53

Cryor hopes Obama endorsement will sway other superdelegates

By Kevin Agnese

[img_assist|nid=2193|title=U.S. Sen. Barack Obama|desc=Photo by Getty Images|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=296]Maryland Democratic Party Chairman Michael Cryor told PolitickerMD.com today that he hopes his decision to publicly endorse Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will "sway" other superdelegates to the same conclusion. Cryor and state party Vice Chairwoman Lauren Dugas Glover, also a superdelegate, announced their endorsement for Obama yesterday at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Mon, 05/05/2008 - 13:17

Glendening: Obama will provide ‘fundamental change’

By Kevin Agnese

[img_assist|nid=2087|title=Former Gov. Parris Glendening|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=176|height=180]Former Gov. Parris Glendening, who was selected Saturday by the state Democratic Central Committee as an unpledged ad-on delegate to the Democratic National Convention, discussed his decision to endorse Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) during an interview today with PolitickerMD.com.

"I believe Sen. Obama is the strongest candidate in November and will be a great president," Glendening said.

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Mon, 05/05/2008 - 11:29

Cryor, Dugas Glover to endorse Obama

By Wally Edge

[img_assist|nid=571|title=Michael Cryor|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=100|height=150]State Democratic Party Chairman Michael Cryor and Vice Chairwoman Lauren Dugas Glover, both superdelegates, are endorsing Illinois Senator Barack Obama this afternoon, sources tell PolitickerMD.com.

Those close to Cryor have said he has been an Obama supporter for some time, but wished to remain neutral to help broker between dissenting factions within the state party.

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Tue, 04/29/2008 - 12:21

Obama supporter says superdelegates should ‘cast their vote any way they want to’

By Kevin Agnese

Janice Griffin, a Maryland superdelegate and supporter of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), told PolitickerMD.com that Democratic superdelegates should support whichever candidate they think would make the best president - even if their votes would tilt the balance of the primary race.

"The rules are the rules," Griffin said when asked about the role of superdelegates. "A superdelegate can cast their vote anyway they want to."

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Wed, 04/23/2008 - 11:41

Hoyer won’t commit as a superdelegate, says 'definitive judgment' has not been made in presidential race

By Kevin Agnese

[img_assist|nid=1893|title=House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer|desc=Photo by Getty Images|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=278]WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville) said voters have yet to make a “definitive judgment” as to who should be the Democratic nominee for president.

The majority leader, one of the party’s superdelegates, has yet to commit to either candidate, and said he had “no plan to declare” in the near future.

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