Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te Hanuere 15, 2008 i tautoko a Durazo i a Barack Obama mo te perehitini, a, e toru wiki te roa o tana mahi hei Hekeretari Whakahaere-Treasurer o te Los Angeles County Federation of Labor hei whakatairanga mo Obama. Kātahi ka noho ia hei tumuaki-tahi o te komiti pakanga a Obama mo te Perehitini, ā, he māngai i whakaaria mo Obama i te National Convention
i te taone nui o Denver. I mahi ia hei Tumuaki Tuarua mo te Komiti o te Huihuinga a-Motu a te Manapori 2008.