Editing Barbara Boxer (section)

==Presidential politics==

===2004===
[[File:Feb14 boxer roses.jpg|thumb|240px|On Valentine's Day 2005, Senator Boxer received 4,500 roses for her work, including her "candid and eloquent remarks during the Rice confirmation{{sic}} hearings".]]
On January 6, 2005, Boxer joined [[U.S. Representative|Representative]] [[Stephanie Tubbs Jones]] (D-[[Ohio]]) in filing a U.S. congressional objection to the [[2004 United States presidential election in Ohio|certification of Ohio's]] [[U.S. Electoral College|Electoral College]] votes in the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 U.S. presidential election]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://boxer.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=230450 |title= U.S. SENATOR BARBARA BOXER|website=boxer.senate.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202233730/http://boxer.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=230450 |archive-date=December 2, 2009}}</ref> She called the objection her "opening shot to be able to focus the light of truth on these terrible problems in the electoral system".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/06/electoral.vote/ |publisher=CNN |title=Bush carries Electoral College after delay |date=January 6, 2005 |access-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19 |title=Independent News Media – Election Issues |publisher=The Free Press |access-date=May 25, 2010}}</ref> The Senate voted the objection down 74–1; the House voted the objection down 267–31.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G04/EC-Tabulation.phtml |title=Counting and Tabulation of the Electoral Vote by Congress – 2004 |publisher=Thegreenpapers.com |access-date=May 25, 2010}}</ref> It was only the second congressional objection to an entire state's electoral delegation in [[U.S. history]]; the first instance was in 1877.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yubanet.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/13/16942 |title=YubaNet Article Manager |publisher=Yubanet.com |access-date=May 25, 2010}}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://imdiversity.com/villages/woman/politics_law/ong_barbara_boxer_0305.asp |title= IMDiversity – Careers, Opportunities, and Diversity Connect|website=imdiversity.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051022090817/http://imdiversity.com/villages/woman/politics_law/ong_barbara_boxer_0305.asp |archive-date=October 22, 2005}}</ref>

===2008===
As a [[superdelegate]], Boxer had declared that she would support the winner of the [[2008 California Democratic primary|California primary]], which was won by [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref name="contest">{{cite news|title=Boxer Focuses on Unity |publisher=KCBS |date=May 10, 2008 |url=http://www.kcbs.com/pages/2162712.php? |access-date=January 29, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> However, she reneged on that pledge and remained neutral, only officially backing [[Barack Obama]]'s candidacy the day after the last primaries, once he had garnered enough delegate votes to clinch the nomination.<ref name="nomination">{{cite news |title=Another bloc of Senate supers for Obama |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0608/Another_bloc_of_Senate_supers_for_Obama.html |publisher=Politico |date=June 4, 2008 |access-date=January 29, 2009}}</ref>

===2016===
Prior to [[Hillary Clinton]]'s announcement, on October 20, 2013, Senator Boxer was one of sixteen Democratic female senators to sign a letter endorsing Clinton as the Democratic nominee in the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 U.S. presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/188687-report-democratic-women-senators-sign-letter-urging-hillary-clinton-to-run/|title=Run, Hillary, run, say Senate's Dem women|first=Alexandra|last=Jaffe|newspaper=The Hill |date=October 30, 2013}}</ref>