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Barack Obama has made his first candidate endorsement since becoming president. He's come out for Scott Murphy, who's running a tight race in New York's 20th Congressional District. Obviously Murphy is trumpeting the endorsement, on his web site...

This morning, President Barack Obama endorsed Scott Murphy for Congress, highlighting Scott's real world experience helping create jobs and growing businesses as the basis for his endorsement.

"Scott Murphy is the right candidate for Upstate New York to turn the economy around and create jobs," said President Barack Obama.

"Scott has the right experience, with a record of creating real, high-paying jobs in Upstate New York. Now he's ready to go to Washington to continue that work alongside me and Democrats and Republicans in Congress. He has shown he's willing to take a stand for the people in his district by supporting the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to get Upstate New York's economy moving again."

...and in this ad:

On Tuesday Murphy goes up against Republican Jim Tedisco in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who was appointed to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate. The race, fairly or not, is being touted as an "early barometer" of the political climate of '09.

Filed Under: Endorsements, House, Democrats, Barack Obama

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