superdelegates

As the Democratic primary winds down and Barack Obama more than likely moves towards the nomination tonight, it is worth looking at the three superdelegates in Arizona who avoided taking a stance. 

Democratic Party Chairman Don Bivens is uncommitted, and of the three uncommitted he probably has the best reason to remain so.  His Governor is with Obama, some of his biggest donors are with Hillary Clinton and his delegation is split.

Democratic Congressman Harry Mitchell has announced he will be supporting Barack Obama with his superdelegate vote.  Obama beat Hillary Clinton by 1500 votes in CD5.

After a lengthy convention lasting well into the night, the Arizona Democratic Party has a final list of the delegation it will be sending to Denver in August for the Democratic National Convention. 19 new delegates and three alternates were chosen, which, in addition to those selected at the CD caucuses in March, brings the total to 67 delegates and 9 alternates.

Republican Congressman Rick Renzi of all people could affect the Democratic Presidential Primary. Renzi, who has been charged with 35 counts of money laundering, extortion, embezzlement and other offenses is denying he did anything wrong and is refusing to resign his seat.

We all know the importance of superdelegates by now and each of their votes at the Democratic National Convention will be equivalent to about 10,000 votes from a standard primary voter.  read more »

As the race for superdelegates heats up, Hillary Clinton is focusing on a few key Congressional members who are still up for grabs. Each of the 796 superdelegates votes is worth about 10,000 of a regular individuals votes. You can quickly why the superdelegates are in such high demand.  read more »

While 56 of Arizona’s delegates where determined from the Super Tuesday presidential preference election, that is not the end of the story for Arizona’s delegates. While Hillary Clinton leads 31 delegates to Barack Obama’s 25 delegates, the superdelegates from Arizona are not all committed yet.  read more »

Janet Napolitano has been enlisted to help win over superdelegates to Barack Obama's camp, according to a New York Times article out today:

"Mr. Obama has enlisted Tom Daschle, the popular former Senate majority leader, as well as Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona and Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the party’s 2004 presidential nominee.  read more »