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Lee Nichols
After the big CNN debate here in Austin last week, Houston state Rep. Senfronia Thompson – a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention – told Newsdesk that she was committed to Sen. Hillary Clinton‘s presidential bid. Today, she jumped ship to Sen. Barack Obama, just a day after civil rights leader and Atlanta Congressman John Lewis did the same thing.
This article appears in February 22 • 2008.
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