Courtesy of The Hill, we can share this information with you, on which California Congressional Delegation members have endorsed a candidates running in the Democrat or Republican Presidential primary:
A few surprises:
- Not one California Democrat Member of Congress has endorsed Barack Obama
- Only one of Duncan Hunter’s California colleagues, Gary Miller, has endorsed his candidacy.
- Hillary has not been endorsed by Barbara Boxer.
- It’s surprising that only Dan Lungren has endorsed McCain, given that for a time, he was the frontrunner.
- Chris Dodd’s four California endorsements isequal the entire Democrat delegation of his home state of Connecticut.
- Despite Fred Thompson’s splash into the GOP primary, he’s "endorseless" when it comes to the CA GOP Congressional delegation.
- Only four Republican candidates have California Congressional endorsers.
- Only two Democrat candidates have California Congressional endorsers.:
- Given the unpopularity of Congress these days, perhaps those with no endorsement are best off… ;-)
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Sen. Diane Feinstein
Jane Harman
Tom Lantos
Doris Matsui
Grace Napolitano
Laura Richardson
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Hilda Solis
Ellen Tauscher
Diane Watson
Chris Dodd
Xavier Bacerra
Anna Eshoo
Sam Farr
Linda Sanchez
Rudy Giuliani
Mary Bono
David Dreier
Jerry Lewis
Devin Nunes
George Radanovich
Ed Royce
Duncan Hunter
Himself
Gary Miller
John McCain
Dan Lungren
Mitt Romney
John Campbell
Buck McKeon
In conclusion, less than half of California’s Congressional delegation has endorsed any candidate for President in 2008. We’ll see if there is more movement as the California primary gets closer (although it’s pretty darned close already…)
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