Obama plans to visit S.F. on Friday

| The New Mexican

1/28/2008 - 1/29/08

A spokesman for Sen. Barack Obama's campaign in New Mexico confirmed the Democratic presidential candidate is scheduled to visit Santa Fe and Albuquerque on Friday but said logistics are still being worked out.

Sen. Hillary Clinton's husband, former President Clinton, will make a public appearance in Albuquerque on Thursday, a spokeswoman for her campaign said Monday. Details have yet to be confirmed.

On Monday, Obama won endorsements from several New Mexicans, including state Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque; former state Sen. Leonard Tsosie, D-Crownpoint; and some of Gov. Bill Richardson's cabinet secretaries, including Transportation Secretary Rhonda Faught, Aging and Long-Term Services Secretary-designate Cindy Padilla and former Indian Affairs Secretary Benny Shendo, who recently resigned to run for Congress in the Third Congressional District.

Secretary of State Mary Herrera on Monday endorsed Clinton.