Both had openly declared their candidacies, and were the only Democrats to have organizations seeking to obtain pledged delegates.
The nationwide canvassing event to obtain pledge signatures in support of Obama's plans lasted only a few hours, but a group of Bay Area volunteers pledged to do much more.
The World Wildlife Fund said it had obtained pledges from 26 countries for an agreement to protect transnational water bodies.
Representative Rick A. Lazio, trying to put Hillary Rodham Clinton on the defensive over her campaign finance practices, declared today that he had obtained pledges from 14 political groups to stay out of the New York Senate race if Mrs. Clinton renounces soft money.
He was able to do so even though, unlike his father, he has not yet secured the backing of the United Nations and he has not obtained pledges of military cooperation from a large number of nations.
In a supplementary treaty signed on Aug. 27, 1918, Russia not only granted Germany additional economic right on its territory but obtained pledges that German troops would intervene to expel Allied forces from its territory and crush the so-called White armies formed in southern Russia.
Davis has also obtained pledges of support amounting to $22,000.
In announcing his candidacy, Baker said he had obtained pledges for $250,000 in two days last week, before Bergeson announced she would not run, and expected to raise as much as it takes to win.
We have obtained pledges for about $24,000 worth of goods and services and have raised about $7,000 that will be used to clear and till the land, install irrigation, move fences and build borders for each plot.
It contains the tools used to obtain the pledges of ten voters and to start three persons as Willkie Workers.
