State Auditor Rebecca Otto, Other Prominent Women Leaders Endorse Senator Barack Obama for President
MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota State Auditor Rebecca Otto announced her endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for President today at a press conference at the Minneapolis Woman's Club. The event was attended by several other prominent Minnesota women elected officials.
“Senator Obama has a proven record of service to women and families, on issues ranging from health care, safeguarding the environment, improving our education system, providing equal rights, and ensuring reproductive health,” Otto said. “He will provide uncommon vision and leadership in the White House benefiting women for generations to come.”
Other women leaders who have endorsed Senator Obama:
State Senator Ellen Anderson
State Senator Mee Moua
State Senator Patricia Torres Ray
State Representative Maria Ruud
State Representative Sandy Wollschlager
St. Paul Public School Teacher Kim Ellison
Minneapolis City Council Member Elizabeth Glidden
Minneapolis City Council Member Betsy Hodges
St. Paul City Council Member Toni Carter
Falcon Heights Council Member Beth Mercer-Taylor
“I am honored to have the endorsement of Rebecca Otto and all of these distinguished women leaders," Obama said. "I look forward to working with them to bring change we can believe in to Washington to promote fairness and equality for women and their families. We don't just want to win an election, we want to build a coalition that will finally solve the problems we've been talking about for decades.”
