Obama wraps up support of New Hampshire's Congressional delegation

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CNN: December 11, 2007
Obama nabs key Granite State nod

WASHINGTON (CNN) – New Hampshire Rep. Carol Shea-Porter said Tuesday that she is backing fellow Democrat Barack Obama in her state’s presidential primary. The announcement gives the Illinois senator a clean sweep of the Granite State’s two-member congressional delegation.

“For the past year I’ve had the privilege to stand beside most of the Democratic candidates for president," she said in a conference call with reporters. "I respect and admire them all,” but, she added, “the winds of change are in Barack Obama’s sails.”

While New York Sen. Hillary Clinton continues to lead Obama in most national polls, the two candidates are statistically tied in the most recent Mason-Dixon poll of New Hampshire voters.

Shea-Porter’s announcement Tuesday came despite an earlier vow from the congresswoman that she would remain neutral through the January 8 vote. In July, New Hampshire Rep. Paul Hodes became the first Democratic congressman from an early-voting state to endorse a presidential candidate when he announced his support for Obama’s White House bid....

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