The Oregonian reports Congressmen Peter Defazio has endorsed Senator Barack Obama in his bid for the Democratic nomination for POTUS.
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Tonight Rep. Peter DeFazio became Oregon's third Democratic congressman to endorse Sen.Barack Obama, putting the Illinois politician one delegate closer to the presidential nomination.
DeFazio said that Obama, who will begin a two-day campaign trip to the state Friday morning, "represents our best chance of winning in November."
"We must not allow Senator McCain to continue the failures of the Bush foreign policy, war in Iraq and disastrous economic policies," DeFazio added.
According to the Politico Superdelegate Counter, DeFazio is the 3rd superdelegate from Oregon to endorse Obama, joining Rep. Earl Blumenauer and Rep. David Wu.
Seven Oregon superdelegates remain undeclared.
Update: 2008 Democratic Convention Watch puts the superdelegate count at Clinton 268.5 to Obama 262.
Politico's puts it at the same number, however, their figure still doesn't reflect Donald Payne (D-NJ) switching to Obama or DeFazio's endorsement.