| January 20th 2009 by When then Sen Barack Obama came to

Summary:   | January 20th 2009 by When then Sen Barack Obama came to the University of Texas Pan American in late February you could literally count on one hand the number of elected officials who endorsed the man who would be President and three of them were from Edinburg Edinburg Councilmember Gus García Jr featured here with his wife Tonya publicly supported Obama during his February 22 visit to the University of Texas Pan American Also endorsing Obama were Edinburg Mayor Joe Ochoa Rep Eddie Lucio III D San Benito and Edinburg school board trustee Robert Peña Jr   The South Texas leaders astonished the Rio Grande Valley Democratic power brokers when they backed Obama against a hugely popular Sen Hillary Clinton D New York for the Democratic Party presidential nomination Almost a year later their public support of Obama could help Edinburg and South Texas keep their presence and issues known to the newly elected President says the local councilmember See lead story later in this posting

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