Newark mayor to back Obama

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Chicago Tribune

Newark mayor to back Obama

By Christi Parsons
Washington Bureau
Published May 13, 2007

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barack Obama will pick up a significant endorsement Monday when Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, N.J., is expected to formally announce his support for the Illinois Democrat in the 2008 presidential primary.

The backing of Booker, a rising African-American politician in his own right, represents an early coup for Obama in the battle for the support of black leaders.

But Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) is waging a formidable fight, aided by long-standing good relations between her family and African-American voters. Clinton already has a perceived leg up in New Jersey, where Gov. Jon Corzine is in her camp.

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