Red State support: Obama v. Clinton
Posted: Saturday, January 12, 2008 3:26 PM by Domenico Montanaro
Filed Under: 2008, Clinton, Obama
From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro
As noted earlier, Sen. Ben Nelson’s endorsement is Obama’s third Red State endorsement in as many days. This gives Obama a 3-2 edge over Clinton in Red State senatorial endorsements. Clinton has long held an advantage in total establishment support. Endorsements by senators, congressional representatives and governors are key as they can be indicative of super delegate support, which on the Democratic side, make up a significant portion of total delegates to the national convention.
So far, 18 of Clinton’s 80 gubernatorial, senatorial and congressional support have come from those in Red States. That’s 23 percent. She has two governors (Beebe-AR, Strickland-OH) and two senators (Bayh-IN, Pryor-AR). Of note, five of the 18 are from Arkansas, where her husband was governor, and four of the 18 are from Florida. So, half of her Red State support is from Arkansas and Florida. She also has support from Texas (3), Ohio (2) and one each from Indiana, Georgia, Iowa and Nevada.
Obama has 15 of 43 governors, senators and representatives from Red States (35 percent), including the three in the past three days: Nelson-NE, Napolitano-AZ and Johnson-SD. Of note, he now has as many governors (2-Kaine-VA, Napolitano-AZ) as Clinton and more senators (3-Conrad-ND, Johnson-SD, Nelson-NE) from Red States. His Red State support is also more spread out: two each from Georgia and Missouri, and one each from Virginia, Arizona, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Iowa, Colorado and Florida.
Here’s the full list of Red State endorsements for Clinton and Obama, per Hotline and First Read’s compilation:
CLINTON: (18 of 80, including 2 GOVs, 2 SENs, 14 Reps: 5 AR, 4 FL, 3 TX, 2 OH, 1 IN, 1 GA, 1 IA, 1 NV) (23%)
Gov. Mike Beebe (D-AR)
Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH)
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)
Rep. Shelley Berkeley (D-NV)
Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
Rep. Connie Brown (D-FL)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL)
Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D-OH)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
OBAMA: (15 of 43, including 2 Govs, 3 Sens., 10 Reps: 2 GA, 2 MO, 1 VA, 1 AZ, 1 ND, 1 SD, 1 NE, 1 TN, 1 AL, 1 TX, 1 IA, 1 CO, 1 FL) (35%)
Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ)
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA)
Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO)
Rep. William Clay (D-MO)
Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL)
Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)
Rep. David Loebsack (D-IA)
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
NOTE: Our designation of Red States are states that voted for Bush in the 2004 general election.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/12/573435.aspx