WASHINGTON _ Three swing-state House members backed Joe Biden's presidential campaign over the weekend, lifting his number of congressional endorsements to 31, more than double the amount of any 2020 rival.
But with just four weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses, most of their Democratic colleagues are choosing to stay on the sidelines. By comparison, Hillary Clinton had secured 181 congressional endorsements by the first week of January 2016, an overwhelming show of force that solidified her as the party's frontrunner. Biden, who leads national polls of the 2020 primary race, isn't even at a fifth of that total.
It's a reflection of the extremely cautionary approach elected officials are taking in a still-unsettled campaign.
