Ken Salazar

From SuperDelegates.org - Information about the 2008 DNC Superdelegates

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Kenneth Lee Salazar (born March 2, 1955) is an American politician, rancher, and environmentalist from the U.S. state of Colorado. Salazar, a Democrat, served as state Attorney General before winning a U.S. Senate seat in the 2004 Senate elections. He has been the junior U.S. Senator from Colorado since January 2005. He and Mel Martinez (R-Florida) are the first Hispanic U.S. Senators since 1977. They were joined by Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey) in January 2006.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Colorado's three uncommitted superdelegates to the August National Convention in Denver today came out in support of Sen. Barack Obama.

Democratic senators who held back on choosing between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton now must work to unify the party, Sen. Ken Salazar said today after declaring his support for the Illinois Senator.

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