Southern Congressional Presidential Endorsements

Democrats

Hillary Clinton (64 nationally*, including11 Southerners):

AR: US Sen. Mark Pryor, US Reps. Marion Berry, Mike Ross and Vic
Snyder; FL: US Reps. Corrine Brown, Alcee Hastings, Kendrick Meek
and Debbie Wasserman Schultz; TX: US Reps. Henry Cuellar, Sheila
Jackson Lee and Ruben Hinojosa.

Barack Obama (27 nationally; 6 Southerners):

AL: US Rep. Artur Davis; FL: Robert Wexler; GA: US Reps. Sanford
Bishop and Hank Johnson; TN: US Rep. Jim Cooper; TX: US Rep. Al
Green.

John Edwards (14 nationally; 9 Southerners):

NC: US Reps. G. K. Butterfield, Bob Etheridge, Mike McIntyre, Brad
Miller, David Price, Heath Shuler and Melvin Watt; TX: US Reps.
Charles Gonzales and Eddie Bernice Johnson.

Bill Richardson (7 nationally; 3 Southerners):

TX: US Reps. Gene Green, Solomon Ortiz and Silvestre Reyes.

Republicans

Mitt Romney (31 nationally*; including 16 Southerners):

AL: US Reps. Bob Aderholt & Mike Rogers; FL: US Reps. Ginny
Brown-Waite & Tom Feeney; GA: US Reps. Phil Gingrey, John Linder
& Tom Price; KY: US Reps. Ron Lewis, Hal Rogers & Ed Whitfield;
LA: US Reps. Rodney Alexander & Jim McCrery; SC: US Sen. Jim
DeMint; TX: US Reps. Mike Conaway, Kay Granger & Lamar Smith.

John McCain (28 nationally; 10 Southerners):

AL: US Rep. Spencer Bachus; FL: US Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, Lincoln
Diaz-Balart, Ric Keller & Ileana Ros-Lehtinen; MS: US Sen. Trent
Lott, US Rep. Chip Pickering; NC: US Sen. Richard Burr; SC: US Sen.
Lindsey Graham; VA: US Sen. John Warner.

Fred Thompson* (21 nationally; 16 Southerners):

FL: US Reps. Jeff Miller & Adam Putnam; GA: US Rep. Lynn Westmoreland;
MS: US Sen. Thad Cochran and US Rep. Roger Wicker; NC: US Rep. Sue
Myrick; OK: US Sen. James Inhofe and US Rep. John Sullivan; SC:
US Rep. Gresham Barrett; TN: US Sens. Lamar Alexander & Bob
Corker; US Reps. Marsha Blackburn, David Davis, John Duncan &
Zack Wamp; TX: US Rep. Louis Gohmert.

Rudy Giuliani (22 nationally; 3 Southerners):

LA: US Sen. David Vitter & US Rep. Charles Boustany; TX: US
Rep. Pete Sessions.

Duncan Hunter (7 nationally; 4 Southerners):

AL: US Rep. Terry Everett; FL: US Rep. Bill Young; TX: US Reps.
John Culberson & Ralph Hall.

Mike Huckabee: (2 nationally; 1 Southerner): AR:
US Rep. John Boozman.

*The national numbers are taken from a list maintained by The Hill
newspaper, www.thehill.com.