Craigslist founder endorses Obama

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark discusses his support for presidential candidate
Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) with SFWeekly reporter Will Harper
at the grand opening of Obama’s San Francisco campaign offices in the Castro District.
Photos by Luke Thomas

By Luke Thomas and Elaine Santore

January 24, 2008

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama (D-Illinois) can add technology whiz Craig Newmark to a growing list of important endorsements.

Newmark, of Craigslist fame, echoed his support for Obama during the opening of Obama’s San Francisco campaign offices yesterday.

“First, remember that I am a nerd, not a wonk,” Newmark told Fog City Journal, “but I’ve been hanging out around investigative reporters and I’ve learned that Barack owes very few people favors.”

“He has not been largely controlled by lobbyists,” Newmark added.

The star-studded event drew an A-list of local prominent San Francisco politicos including District Attorney Kamala Harris and Supervisor Chris Daly.

Harris campaigned for Obama at the Iowa Caucus earlier this month.

Supervisor Chris Daly, who recently endorsed Obama over Democratic challengers Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, collected signatures for a June affordable housing ballot initiative.

“My interest was certainly piqued by John Edwards’ anti-corporate, populist message in Iowa,” Daly recently wrote on his blog. “However, with the Democratic race now all but narrowed to a 2-person contest, it’s time to rally support for the upstart progressive against the status quo.”

Supervisor Chris Daly

Luke Thomas

Luke Thomas is a former software developer and computer consultant who proudly hails from London, England. In 2001, Thomas took a yearlong sabbatical to travel and develop a photographic portfolio. Upon his return to the US, Thomas studied photojournalism to pursue a career in journalism. In 2004, Thomas worked for several neighborhood newspapers in San Francisco before accepting a partnership agreement with the SanFranciscoSentinel.com, a news website formerly covering local, state and national politics. In September 2006, Thomas launched FogCityJournal.com. The BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, 7x7, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Weekly, among other publications and news outlets, have published his work. Thomas is a member of the Freelance Unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.

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