Thursday, August 23, 2007

Obama announces NY endorsements, launches Generation Obama

Barack Obama announced a long list of New York supporters during his Brooklyn fundraser raising a challenge to Hillary Clinton on her own turf.

The list of endorsements includes: Senator Eric Adams (D-Brooklyn); Assemblyman Michael Benjamin (D-Bronx); Suffolk County Legislator Jon Cooper (D-Suffolk County); City Councilwoman Helen Diane Foster (D-Bronx); Rev. Wendell Foster (Christ Church, Bronx); Rev. Clinton M. Miller (Brown Memorial Baptist Church, Brooklyn); Senator Kevin Parker (D-Brooklyn); Senator Bill Perkins (D-Manhattan); City Councilman James Sanders, Jr. (D-Queens); City Councilman Al Vann (D-Brooklyn), Assemblyman Karim Camara (D-Brooklyn), Suffolk County Legislator Elie Mystal (D-Suffolk County), Senator John L. Sampson (D-Brooklyn), and Suffolk County Legislator Vivian Viloria-Fisher (D-Suffolk County).

About 300 people attended the fundraising event. The Obama campaign stressed the role of Camp Obama graduates in organizing grassroots support for the Illinois senator.

Obama for America is also launching the Generation Obama campaign aimed at turning out record numbers of young voters to support the candidate. Several chapters will start up in cities across the country this weekend:

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