Kayln Free Endorses Barack Obama
Barack Obama picked up another Oklahoma Democratic National Convention superdelegate today as Kalyn Free, an at-large member of the Democratic National Committee, announced her support in a news release on Obama's presidential website.
Free (pictured with Obama and Ben Odom at a 2007 Washington event) is the founder and President of INDN’s List, an organization dedicated to recruiting and training American Indian candidates.
This brings the total number of superdelegates to endorse Barack Obama to 258 nationally and four in Oklahoma. That puts Obama 276 delegates away from securing the Democratic nomination. Other Oklahoma superdelegates who have declared for Obama are Reggie Whitten of Oklahoma City, party Vice Chair Kitti Asberry, and Governor Brad Henry. Hillary Clinton, who carried Oklahoma easily, has just one in her camp, National Committeewoman Betty McElderry.
Free, a member of the Choctaw Nation and a former congressional candidate, said she was excited to see two qualified candidates emerge from the field of Democratic contenders. “Today, I am casting my support for a new kind of leadership and a new possibility of what America can be. Barack Obama is a once-in-a-generation kind of leader and the best hope the American people have to rebuild the erosion our collective foundation has endured the last eight years. In 2008, we must elect a President who will restore our faith in the possibilities of each and every American, including the First Americans."
Free (pictured with Obama and Ben Odom at a 2007 Washington event) is the founder and President of INDN’s List, an organization dedicated to recruiting and training American Indian candidates.
This brings the total number of superdelegates to endorse Barack Obama to 258 nationally and four in Oklahoma. That puts Obama 276 delegates away from securing the Democratic nomination. Other Oklahoma superdelegates who have declared for Obama are Reggie Whitten of Oklahoma City, party Vice Chair Kitti Asberry, and Governor Brad Henry. Hillary Clinton, who carried Oklahoma easily, has just one in her camp, National Committeewoman Betty McElderry.
Free, a member of the Choctaw Nation and a former congressional candidate, said she was excited to see two qualified candidates emerge from the field of Democratic contenders. “Today, I am casting my support for a new kind of leadership and a new possibility of what America can be. Barack Obama is a once-in-a-generation kind of leader and the best hope the American people have to rebuild the erosion our collective foundation has endured the last eight years. In 2008, we must elect a President who will restore our faith in the possibilities of each and every American, including the First Americans."
Labels: 2008 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Kalyn Free, Oklahoma Superdelegates
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