MDE FROM THE ARCHIVES: CLINTON ENDORSES OBAMA OPPONENT
Rush picks up Clinton's endorsement in re-election bid
Voters in the 1st Congressional District may soon hear a familiar voice supporting incumbent
Rep. Bobby Rush's re-election bid: President Clinton's.
Clinton - breaking his tradition of staying neutral in primaries - has endorsed Rush over his two Democratic opponents. A Rush radio commercial featuring the president is scheduled to begin airing Monday.
"This is clearly a boost for my efforts to be re-elected here," Rush said.
State Sens. Barack Obama and Donne Trotter, both of Chicago, are challenging Rush.
In the 30-second commercial, Clinton urges voters to "send Bobby Rush back to Congress." He cites the congressman's support of gun control and his fight to hire 100,000 new teachers and 100,000 police officers.
"Illinois has a powerful voice in Congress it can't afford to lose," says Clinton, who received 85 percent of the vote in the 1st District during his 1996 re-election bid.
Rush was the first elected official in Illinois to endorse Clinton in 1991 and led a voter-registration drive for Clinton and Vice President Al Gore in 1992. Source: Associated Press, March 11, 2000
Voters in the 1st Congressional District may soon hear a familiar voice supporting incumbent
Rep. Bobby Rush's re-election bid: President Clinton's.
Clinton - breaking his tradition of staying neutral in primaries - has endorsed Rush over his two Democratic opponents. A Rush radio commercial featuring the president is scheduled to begin airing Monday.
"This is clearly a boost for my efforts to be re-elected here," Rush said.
State Sens. Barack Obama and Donne Trotter, both of Chicago, are challenging Rush.
In the 30-second commercial, Clinton urges voters to "send Bobby Rush back to Congress." He cites the congressman's support of gun control and his fight to hire 100,000 new teachers and 100,000 police officers.
"Illinois has a powerful voice in Congress it can't afford to lose," says Clinton, who received 85 percent of the vote in the 1st District during his 1996 re-election bid.
Rush was the first elected official in Illinois to endorse Clinton in 1991 and led a voter-registration drive for Clinton and Vice President Al Gore in 1992. Source: Associated Press, March 11, 2000
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