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ALBUQUERQUE — As the Democratic presidential race winds down and Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign appears to be over, some superdelegates are switching sides and lining up behind Sen. Barack Obama, but Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez isn’t among them.
At the end of an interview with the New Mexico Independent about a climate change conference in Albuquerque, the three-term Duke City mayor said he has no intention of jumping off the Clinton ship.
"I am firmly committed to Clinton," he said when asked whether he might defect.
Chavez, who had just finished a meeting with other local government executives, said he had worked with the New York senator on issues in the past. "I’ve never met an elected official at the federal level who better understood how cities work," he said. "As long as she’s a candidate, she has my support."
