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27 FL Delegates Picked for Denver Convention

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Sat Apr 05, 2008 at 06:35:16 PM EST
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Florida selected 27 delegates for the Democratic Convention today.

Of the 27, three will go to the Convention not pledged to a candidate: Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, Senate Democratic Leader Steve Geller and House Democratic Leader Dan Gelber. The other 24 were allocated based on the statewide results from the January 29th Presidential Primary: 14 pledged to U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and 10 pledged to U.S. Sen. Barack Obama.

In May, the delegation will be completed with 40 at-large delegates. In March, 121 delegates were elected at the Congressional District-Level. Florida has 23 unpledged delegates ("superdelegates") - 13 Members of the Democratic National Committee and 10 Democratic members of Congress.

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    27 FL Delegates Picked for Denver Convention | 6 comments (6 topical)

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    And among the add-on superdelegates (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by magster on Sat Apr 05, 2008 at 07:14:12 PM EST
    Obama has gained three SD's in the last 24 hours, Clinton has lost one who switched to uncommitted. Overall SD lead for Clinton is down to 28 from 97 on February 10, 2008.

    seems fair (1.00 / 1) (#3)
    by myed2x on Sat Apr 05, 2008 at 08:58:00 PM EST
    although I just wish OB had been given the same opportunity HRC had to campaign down there...but I'll overlook this in favour of the party....MI is another animal altogether.

    huh? (5.00 / 2) (#4)
    by Turkana on Sat Apr 05, 2008 at 10:16:23 PM EST
    they had the same opportunity. what are you talking about?

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    Oh, stop with this b.s. -- Obama campaigned (5.00 / 2) (#5)
    by Cream City on Sat Apr 05, 2008 at 10:28:11 PM EST
    in Florida, Clinton did not. Obama broke the pledge the day after he signed it by holding a press conference in Florida, and then he broke it again with ads in the state. Clinton abided by the pledge, period. We have been through this again and again on this site, so take the b.s. to a site that might believe you.

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    assigning delegates (none / 0) (#2)
    by wasabi on Sat Apr 05, 2008 at 08:33:38 PM EST
    I'm curious how delgates get assigned.  
    "In May, the delegation will be completed with 40 at-large delegates. In March, 121 delegates were elected at the Congressional District-Level. Florida has 23 unpledged delegates ("superdelegates") - 13 Members of the Democratic National Committee and 10 Democratic members of Congress."

    27 were initially allocated based on the popular vote (3 undeclared from Edwards), but how did they pick the 121 delegates in March?  Are they also split 50%-33%-14%?

    I don't trust Dean (none / 0) (#6)
    by beready66 on Sun Apr 06, 2008 at 03:24:09 PM EST
    I wonder how the delegates are selected. Dean seems to by siding with Obama in many of his decisions. I hope Clinton and Obama were involved somehow with the selections. Otherwise, it'll appear as though Dean is swaying the election.

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