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WASHINGTON — In a pair of political firsts as president, Barack Obama endorsed a fellow Democrat in a competitive special congressional election and was the main draw at two Democratic National Committee fundraisers Wednesday.
“Sign up and pitch in to elect Scott Murphy to Congress,” the president implored in an early-morning e-mail to at least 50,000 people in New York’s 20th Congressional District. Tying his agenda to the election’s outcome, he added that electing Murphy would “make a big impact on my efforts to bring about a lasting economic recovery.”
By evening, Obama had headlined two fundraisers in Washington expected to bring in an estimated $3 million for the Democratic National Committee.
