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June 4, 2008 - 4:21pm

Altmire backs Obama without endorsement

By Alex Roarty
Category: LocalTags: Jason Altmire, Tim Holden

Uncommitted superdelegate U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire (D-Wexford) announced this afternoon he will support Barack Obama in the presidential race, but what Altmire didn't do the day after Obama secured enough delegates to be the Democratic Party's presidential nominee was endorse him.

"A formal endorsement is no longer necessary," Altmire said in a statement. "The Democratic primary is over and I am going to support the nominee who was chosen by people who voted across all 50 states over the past five months. I expect the vote at the convention to be uncontested and that our party will be fully united behind Senator Obama."

His announcement leaves U.S. Rep. Tim Holden (D-St. Clair) as the only uncommitted superdelegate in Pennsylvania. Calls to Holden's office were not immediately returned.

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