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D.C. Superdelegate Anita Bonds, who is also the chair of the D.C. Democratic Party, formally announced on Tuesday that she will vote for Sen. Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in August. D.C. Wire reported on Bonds' decision first, and Bonds has since issued a formal statement on the matter. (CORRECTION: The City Paper's Mike DeBonis, aka Loose Lips, was actually the first to report on the Bonds story).

In my role as the DC Party Chairman, I will serve as an automatic or “Super” Delegate with discretion concerning which of our two able candidates to support at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Until today, I have remained uncommitted in order to conduct with fairness and without bias our local Delegate Selection Process, which was completed yesterday with the election of our Delegation Chair, Mayor Adrian Fenty. more ›

The District's two shadow senators, Michael Brown and Paul Strauss, have both announced their endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama. The endorsements are actually quite significant because both senators are also two of the 22 superdelegates the city will send to the Democratic National Convention this summer in Denver. more ›