Opinion: California’s House Democrats: Where they stand on Obama vs. Clinton
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For aficionados of California politics, here’s the to-the-minute breakdown of the allegiances among the state’s 34 House Democrats -- superdelegates all -- in their party’s presidential race, now that Reps. Henry Waxman and Howard Berman have announced their endorsements of Barack Obama:
[UPDATE -- On Friday, a day after this originally posted, Rep. Pete Stark, who had been undeclared, also announced for Obama.]
UNDECLARED (7)
Nancy Pelosi (District 8, San Francisco); Jerry McNerney (District 11, Pleasanton); Mike Honda, (District 15, San Jose); Sam Farr (District 17, Carmel); Jim Costa (District 20, Fresno); Bob Filner (District 51, Chula Vista); Susan Davis (District 53, San Diego).
CLINTON BACKERS (16)
Mike Thompson (District 1, St. Helena); Doris Matsui (District 5, Sacramento); Lynn Woolsey (District 6, Petaluma); Ellen Tausher (District 10, Alamo); Jackie Speier (District 12, Burlingame); Dennis Cardoza (District 18, Atwater); Brad Sherman (District 27, Sherman Oaks); Hilda Solis (District 32, El Monte); Diane Watson (District 33, Los Angeles); Lucille Roybal-Allard (District 34, East Los Angeles); Maxine Waters (District 35, Los Angeles); Jane Harman (District 36, Venice); Laura Richardson (District 37, Long Beach); Grace Napolitano (District 38, Norwalk); Joe Baca (District 43, Rialto); Loretta Sanchez (District 47, Garden Grove).
* [UPDATE]: Lantos passed away on Feb. 11; Speier won a special election to replace him.
OBAMA BACKERS (11)
George Miller (District 7, Martinez); Barbara Lee (District 9, Oakland); Stark (District 13, Fremont); Anna Eshoo (District 14, Menlo Park); Zoe Lofgren (District 16, San Jose); Lois Capps (District 23, Santa Barbara); Howard Berman (District 28, Valley Village); Adam Schiff (District 29, Burbank); Henry Waxman (District 30, Los Angeles); Xavier Becerra (District 31, Los Angeles); Linda Sanchez (District 39, Lakewood).
Since we first started periodic postings of this list on the eve of California’s Feb. 5 primary, the only change in the numbers has resulted from the movement by four lawmakers -- Capps, Berman, Waxman and Stark -- from undeclared into the Obama camp.
-- Don Frederick