Green Options » Presidential Endorsement http://greenoptions.com/tag/presidential-endorsement Posts tagged 'Presidential Endorsement' Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:09:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Major Ethanol Producers’ Organization Endorses Obama http://gas2.org/2008/08/25/major-ethanol-producers-organization-endorses-obama/ http://gas2.org/2008/08/25/major-ethanol-producers-organization-endorses-obama/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:09:41 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/08/25/major-ethanol-producers-organization-endorses-obama/ In concert with the opening of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) has announced their endorsement of Barack Obama for President of the United States.

This marks the first endorsement by a major biofuels trade association in the 2008 US presidential campaign, and only the second time in the ACGA’s twenty-one year history that they have ever endorsed any presidential candidate.

The American Corn Growers Association represents 14,000 members in 35 states. Keith Bolin ACGA president and a corn and hog farmer in Obama’s home state of Illinois issued a simultaneously glowing endorsement of Obama and blistering critique of McCain.

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