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Dunnam endorses Obama for president

By David Doerr | Thursday, February 14, 2008, 11:49 AM

After first supporting former Sen. John Edwards, Jim Dunnam, D-Waco, endorsed Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential bid today.

“It gives me great pride to endorse Barack Obama for president,” said Dunnam in a news release.” The constituents I serve, and all the people of Texas, are tired of politics as usual. In Texas — and across the rest of the country — we want a president who will finally put doing what is right above corporate special interests and radical partisan agendas. We want change we can believe in, not the same old Washington-style promises made and promises broken.

“Texas House Democrats are fighting hard to improve our public schools and bring health coverage to the uninsured,” said Dunnam, chairman of the Texas House Democratic Caucus. “With Barack Obama as president, we will have a remarkable ally in achieving those vital goals and many more.”

State Sen. Kip Averitt, R-Waco, has supported Arizona Sen. John McCain’s candidacy for president. State Rep. Charles “Doc” Anderson, R-Waco, has not yet announced who he is supporting in the race for the White House.

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