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Former Rep. Hall backs Clinton
The Clinton campaign Wednesday formally claimed the endorsement of former U.S. Rep. Tony Hall of Dayton.
They announced it as part of a list of Ohio endorsements that they called their “Ohio Leadership Council. The list also included Montgomery County Commissioner Judy Dodge and former Montgomery County Democratic Party Chair Dennis Lieberman, as well as established Clinton backers Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Cleveland, Gov. Ted Strickland and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn.
Hall said he decided to endorse Clinton months ago in part because the Clintons “have been friends of mine and have been very good to me over the years.”
“There are three qualities I like to see in my president: I like compassion, I like toughness and I like experience, and she has all three of those qualities,” he said.
He said he got to know Sen. Clinton well when she invited him to accompany her to Mother Teresa’s funeral when she was First Lady. The trip was 48 hours in the air and 12 to 15 hours on the ground.
“When you’re on a plane with each other for 48 hours, you get a lot of talking done,” he said.
He said he planned to campaign for Clinton in Ohio for three days before the March 4 primary. “I’ll go wherever they want me to go,” he said. “I suspect they’ll keep me around the Dayton area, but who knows.”
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