Sen. Barack Obama got three more superdelegates added to his total on Friday, when Representative Dennis Cardoza of California, Representative Jim Costa, also of California, and Jenny Greenleaf, a Democratic National Committeewoman from Oregon announced their endorsements for the Illinois Senator.

In a statement, Representative Dennis Cardoza of California, who switched over from Sen. Hillary Clinton, said, I am deeply concerned about the contentious primary campaign and controversy surrounding the seating of delegates from Florida and Michigan – two states Democrats need to win in November. I will not support changing the rules in the fourth quarter of this contest through some convoluted DNC rules committee process. Yet, we must find a resolution to seat the Michigan and Florida delegates so these states’ voters are represented at the Convention. I believe we need to avoid this potentially divisive situation by uniting behind one nominee and bringing the party together immediately. Therefore, I have made the decision to support Senator Obama at the Democratic Convention in my role as a super delegate.

Hence, Obama now has backing of 309 superdelegates, while 279 superdelegates support Clinton. Overall, Obama has 1965 while Clinton has 1779 delegates. He needs 61 more delegates to win nomination.