A Nevada congresswoman just endorsed Joe Biden. Here's why that's important.
Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden's Democratic presidential bid Monday during a CNN interview.
Titus, who has worked with Biden in the past, called the former vice president the "best qualified" candidate among a field of "good Democratic" contenders who's built a "broad coalition" in her Nevada district, which includes most of Las Vegas.
Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada, a key early voting state, endorsed former VP Joe Biden for president. "He's not just a sound-bite guy. He's a sincere person. He's not scripted. And I think that's what you need, that steady hand, to get us moving on the right direction" pic.twitter.com/FLaHBAJZDb
— New Day (@NewDay) November 25, 2019
Titus' endorsement is notable because she's the first sitting member of Congress from an early voting state (Nevada on Feb. 20 will become the third state to select a nominee, after Iowa and New Hampshire) to back a candidate in the Democratic primaries.
Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada endorses @JoeBiden on @NewDay a major endorsement so far in this race. She's the first sitting member of congress from an early state to endorse.
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) November 25, 2019
President Trump lost Nevada to Hillary Clinton in 2016, but it was a fairly close race that ended with the candidates just 2 percentage points apart.
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