With an eye toward next year's primaries and in advance of the Univision presidential forum, the campaign of Illinois Senator Barack Obama "announced the endorsement today of former Energy Secretary Federico Pena and named him a National Campaign Co-Chair. Pena was the Mayor of Denver in the 1980’s before President Clinton selected him to serve as the Secretary of Transportation and later the Secretary of Energy in the 1990’s. Pena will also attend the Univision Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum on Sunday in Miami, Florida."

The Obama campaign also recently announced its Latino steering committee in Iowa.