{"id":2455051,"date":"2020-02-26T12:37:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=321570"},"modified":"2020-02-26T12:37:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:37:18","slug":"biden-looks-beyond-super-tuesday-with-illinois-endorsements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/biden-looks-beyond-super-tuesday-with-illinois-endorsements\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden looks beyond Super Tuesday with Illinois endorsements"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participates in a Democratic presidential primary debate at the Gaillard Center, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Charleston, S.C., co-hosted by CBS News and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute.<\/strong>
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CHICAGO \u2014 Former Gov. Pat Quinn and more than 80 other top Illinois Democrats are endorsing Joe Biden for president, as the former vice president looks ahead to a state that votes weeks after Super Tuesday\u2019s contests.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s campaign released the list of endorsements on Wednesday. Besides Quinn, who served as governor from 2009 to 2015, the list includes former Chicago Deputy Mayor Andrea Zopp, state Sen. and Assistant Majority Leader Iris Martinez and Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering. Rotering previously endorsed California Sen. Kamala Harris, who dropped out<\/a> of the Democratic presidential race last year.<\/p>\n

Zopp, who previously led the Chicago Urban League, said Biden knows first-hand the struggle working people go through to get out of poverty because of his own family\u2019s experience. \u201cHe\u2019s never forgotten where he comes from,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Biden is hoping to notch his first victory of the Democratic primary on Saturday in South Carolina and take that momentum into next week\u2019s Super Tuesday contests, when about one-third of all delegates will be awarded. Illinois holds its primary two weeks later, on March 17.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s campaign says the endorsers, who include Democrats from the party stronghold of Chicago and across the state, will help ramp up the campaign in Illinois.<\/p>\n

Biden was in South Carolina on Tuesday night for Democrats\u2019 10th debate<\/a> of the 2020 presidential primary season.<\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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