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    Joe Biden is winning Democrats' 'endorsements primary.' Does it matter these days?

    by Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times Jan 06, 2020 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - When Joe Biden's campaign announced an Alabama Democrat's endorsement last month, it seemed ho-hum: Yet another elected official throwing his weight behind the 2020 presidential candidate most closely associated with the party establishment.

    Yet this one was different: Mayor Randall Woodfin of Birmingham is no old-school party regular, but a young, black progressive elected as an insurgent in 2017 with support from Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont - now Biden's 2020 rival - and his organization, Our Revolution. Woodfin's endorsement of Biden not only turned heads, but also reinforced Biden's argument that he is the candidate best equipped to beat President Donald Trump.

    "For me this is not left against moderate. I have no desire for that fight," Woodfin said in an interview. "I'm more concerned about who has

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