From OpenCongress Wiki

This page is part of the Superdelegate Transparency Project, a collaboration of citizen journalists, LiteraryOutpost, OpenLeft, DemConWatch, HuffPost's OffTheBus and the Congresspedia community to build an open-source tally and informational resource on the 2008 Democratic superdelegates. (More about superdelegates.) Things you can do: Tally the available delegates or update the superdelegates' endorsements. How to get started participating Other projects on Congresspedia: Build profiles of California's congressional candidates at the Wiki-The-Vote project.

You can also find California members of Congress, candidates and blogs at the California portal.

Primary elections

Democratic presidential primary

The California Democratic presidential primary election took place on Feb. 5th, 2008.

• See also the 2008 federal election calendar (U.S.) and the embeddable Google calendar of the presidential primary dates and the congressional primary dates.

Delegate count

This chart shows the delegates to the Democratic National Convention in August 2008, who will elect the Democratic nominee for president. Listed are "pledged delegates" - those who were elected through the state's caucuses or primaries - and the "superdelegates" - those who are delegates by virtue of their party or elected office.

• Learn more about superdelegates.
• Help update and expand this chart.

Delegate allotments for At-Large and PL/EO delegate types are both based on statewide totals. Therefore, the statewide totals need only be listed in the 'At-Large' row

Delegates in the following two categories are pledged delegates

"At-Large Pledged" delegates are pledged delegates and are apportioned according to the statewide popular vote.

"PL/EO Pledged" delegates are also apportioned according to the statewide popular vote but are selected from a pool of party leaders and elected officials.

Delegates in the following five categories are all unpledged superdelegates

"Dem. Governor" delegates are sitting Democratic governors.

"Dem. Senator" delegates are sitting Democratic senators.

"DNC" delegates are party officials.

"Distinguished Party Member" delegates are former Democratic Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Speakers of the House, Minority or Majority leader of either house of Congress, Governors, or DNC Chairmen.

"Add-On Unpledged" delegates are [To Be Determined].

You may use this list to confirm that the correct number of delegates and superdelegates are represented on the table.

Total number of delegates

Wobbler and leaner superdelegates

Articles and resources

See also

• Portal:Superdelegate Transparency Project
  • Superdelegates in the 2008 presidential primaries
• U.S. presidential election, 2008
  • U.S. presidential election, 2008/Congressional endorsements
• Portal:2008 U.S. Congressional Elections

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} CA Secretary of State Election Results, accessed February 23, 2008.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 "Hey, Catch Up, National Media" Calitics.com, March 6, 2008.
3. ↑ Clinton Campaign Press Release
4. ↑ "Clinton Campaign Announces Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Hillary", HillaryClinton.com, May 16, 2007
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7} CapitaleEye.com, "Money to Superdelegates," Accessed March 11, 2008.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9} "Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey Endorses Hillary Clinton", HillaryClinton.com, December 27, 2007
7. ↑ Lisa Vorderbrueggen, "George Miller endorses Obama", Contra Costa Times, January 9, 2008
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7} Dem Con Watch [1] As of February 15, 2008
9. ↑ "Rep. Barbara Lee, known for anti-war stance, endorses Obama", The Associated Press hosted by The San Francisco Chronicle, December 10, 2007
10. ↑ Superdelegate Endorsement List, DemConWatch", June 4, 2008
11. ↑ Zachary Coile"Speier blasts Iraq war in first House speech", The San Francisco Chronicle, April 11, 2008
12. ↑ Pete Stark endorses Obama, insidebayarea.com, May 16, 2008
13. ↑ Renee Batti, "Rep. Anna Eshoo endorses Obama; decision 'moves beyond gender or race'", The Almanac, January 30, 2008
14. ↑ Dana Hull, "Zoe Lofgren endorses Barack Obama", The Mercury News, January 14, 2008
15. ↑ Superdelegate Endorsement List, DemConWatch", June 4, 2008
16. ↑ ^16.0 16.1 Superdelegate endorsements for Friday 5/23, DemConWatch, May 23, 2008
17. ↑ "Why I Am Supporting Barack Obama", Huffington Post, April 30, 2008
18. ↑ ^18.0 18.1 Chairmen Henry Waxman and Howard Berman Endorse Barack Obama, Barackobama.com, May 15, 2008
19. ↑ "6 L.A. Leaders Decide To Back Barack", CBS2.com, January 9, 2008
20. ↑ Superdelegate endorsements for Tuesday 6/3, DemConWatch, June 3, 2008
21. ↑ Sam Graham-Felsen, California Congresswoman Linda Sanchez Endorses Barack Obama, BarackObama.com Blogs, January 18, 2008
22. ↑ Mark Halperin, "Clinton Release on Rep. Baca Endorsement", Time: The Page, retrieved February 22, 2008
23. ↑ Clinton Campaign Press Release
24. ↑ ^24.0 24.1 "Adjust for CA Final from GP NBC AP", DemConWatch, Retrieved May 10, 2008
25. ↑ Superdelegate Endorsement List, DemConWatch", June 4, 2008
26. ↑ Superdelegate Endorsement List, DemConWatch", June 4, 2008
27. ↑ Mary Anne Ostrom and Julia Prodis Sulek, "Super stakes: Delegates wooed at Democrats' state convention in San Jose", San Jose Mercury News, March 30, 2008
28. ↑ "California's Superdelegates" MercuryNews.com, February 8, 2008.
29. ↑ Superdelegate Endorsement List, DemConWatch", June 4, 2008
30. ↑ "Clinton Campaign Announces National Hispanic Leadership Council", HillaryClinton.com, June 30, 2007
31. ↑ John Marelius, "28 'super' delegates courted in California", signonsandiego.com, February 17, 2008
32. ↑ "California Superdelegate Endorses Obama; Delegate Countdown - 163 To Go",Barackobama.com, May 9, 2008
33. ↑ David Marquis, "Controversial Superdelegates Could Decide the Democratic Party Nominee" ABC News10.net, March 5, 2008
34. ↑ Carla Marinucci, "At Des Moines' Precinct 73, a lesson in grassroots organizing", The San Francisco Chronicle, January 4, 2008
35. ↑ Superdelegate endorsements for Tuesday 6/3, DemConWatch, June 3, 2008
36. ↑ "Obama Announces 3 Superdelegates", New York Times, May 7, 2008
37. ↑ Crystal Patterson"Leading Californians Endorse Hillary", HillaryClinton.com, April 27, 2007
38. ↑ Marcey Brightwell, "Rancho Murieta Woman Courted by Presidential Candidates" ABC News10.net, March 5, 2008
39. ↑ [2]
40. ↑ Superdelegate Endorsement List, DemConWatch", June 4, 2008
41. ↑ Superdelegate endorsements for Monday 6/2, DemConWatch, June 2, 2008
42. ↑ [3]
43. ↑ Peter Nicholas and Peter Wallsten, "Clinton campaign remains upbeat", Los Angeles Times, February 14, 2008
44. ↑ [4]
45. ↑ "Obama gets endorsement from DNC member Crystal Strait", DemConWatch, May 11, 2008
46. ↑
47. ↑ Superdelegate endorsements for Friday 5/16, DemConWatch, May 16, 2008
48. ↑ [5]
49. ↑ "Obama picks up 4 superdelegates, union endorsement", Associated Press, May 9, 2008
50. ↑ [6]
51. ↑ Politico.com List of Distinguished Party Leaders
52. ↑ Former Clinton Administration Officials Supporting Senator Clinton, HillaryClinton.com, Dec 26, 2007
53. ↑ ^{53.0 53.1 53.2 53.3 53.4} California add-on superdelegates named, DemConWatch, May 18, 2008

External resources

• DemConWatch - Best source for superdelegate endorsement info.
• USAToday Election Central - Probably the best resource for votes. Pledged PL/EOs and At-Large delegates are shown at the bottom.
• WashingtonPost.com - Adobe Acrobat document with full listing of superdelegates broken out by state and then type.
• CapitalEye - Lists campaign contributions in last cycle.
• PoliticalIndex.com - State political party links (the Washington Post link above should give complete information. However, if you need to follow up, try these links.
• Politico.com - politico.com's page showing superdelegate status. If you click on the '+' icon for any state/territory, the list will expand and show the commitments. WARNING - This should not be considered a valid source for updating the table. It is however useful as a reference for finding source material. For instance, you can use a Google's news search to confirm a superdelegate's status as it is shown on politico.com.
• PoliticalResources.com - Links to Secretary of State offices (for official election results).
• Wikipedia's page on superdelegates - This list may supplement the info available at DemConWatch. Watch out for unsourced information, though.

External articles