COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri favorite son Dick Gephardt is not the favorite vice presidential candidate of several rank-and-file state Democratic leaders looking to deliver its 11 electoral votes to John Kerry.
Asked which prospective running mate would help Kerry win the battleground state, eight of 11 county chairmen and chairwomen selected at random by The Associated Press chose Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. Gephardt and Edwards are among those Kerry is reported to be considering.
Only two of the county officials chose Gephardt, and one picked Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. President Bush won Missouri by just 3 percentage points in 2000. http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-gephardt-as-veep,0,6913945.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlinesWhile I don't know how many County Chairs there are in MO in total, I found this interesting the support that Edwards has even in Gephardt's home state. And again, it shows that Edwards has a large amount of support in the Midwest. He is not a regional only candidate.
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