Sentences with phrase «democratic superdelegate»

The former Assembly Speaker resigned as a Democratic superdelegate in February, a state Democratic Party spokesman confirmed.

It collects the contact information for the Democratic superdelegates, including web forms for those congressmembers who don't accept direct emails, with details being entered by volunteers.

More fun on the grassroots front: as has been reported, Sanders supporters have been publicly posting contact information for Democratic superdelegates and encouraging people to help «persuade» them to endorse the Vermont senator.

If the Democratic superdelegates continue to support Hillary after Bernie wins a majority of the voter's choice delegates, the Democratic elite will have created a mathematically impossible path for the party in November.

Not exact matches

But a loss in the nation's biggest state could underscore Sanders» case that superdelegates should switch their support to him ahead of the Democratic National Convention in July.

[88] He remained a committed Clinton superdelegate late into the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primary season.

When it comes to pledged delegates the Democratic Presidential Primary remains relatively close but Hillary Clinton's lead expands significantly with superdelegates factored in.

A top Bernie Sanders official is asking Democratic leaders, including Hillary Clinton, to sign a draft letter recommitting to vastly shrinking or effectively eliminating the party's controversial «superdelegates» system — and ultimately changing the presidential nominating process.

That's how she had such a huge superdelegate lead on day one... she bought support from 33 state democratic parties in return for the cash.

Superdelegates are party insiders of all sorts — they include state and national elected officials, as well as Democratic National Committee members.

«Whoever is in that position of leadership, the chairman of the Democratic Party is gonna be ultimately accountable to the DNC, the superdelegates and to the donors.»

The reason she had the support of so many more superdelegates on day one this year is because she had quite literally bought the support of 33 state democratic parties.

Bernie Sanders triumphed over Hillary Clinton in Indiana's open primary Tuesday, boosting the grassroots candidate's argument that the party's superdelegates should flip their support to him in July's Democratic convention.

A Sanders campaign spokesman said it was wrong of the Associated Press and NBC News, which made the calls on Monday evening, to count the votes of superdelegates before they cast ballots at the Democratic National Convention in July.

The AP and NBC reported that Clinton reached the 2,383 delegates needed to become the presumptive Democratic nominee with a decisive weekend victory in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, and a burst of additional support from superdelegates.

For that reason, the Democratic National Committee has echoed the Sanders campaign, saying the superdelegates should not be counted until they vote at the convention in Philadelphia.

She attended this summer's Democratic National Convention as a superdelegate for Hillary Clinton — something that comes with a committee position.

But the source noted that all New York Members will be superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic convention and «what New York Member is not going to be for Cuomo?»

Clinton now has 2,141 delegates (with pledged and superdelegates combined), which means she is 90 percent of the way to the 2,383 delegates she needs to clinch the Democratic nomination, and it's virtually impossible for Sanders to surpass her.

A commission set up to help reform the Democratic presidential nominating process has voted to restrict the number of superdelegates as part of a slew of changes.

The Democratic primaries had been draining and divisive; Hart, in fact, was still trying to convince «superdelegates» to switch their support to him when the convention began.

Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, hoping to avoid a divisive fight on the convention floor, weighed in on the Clinton - Obama battle Friday by calling on all party superdelegates to declare whom they support by July 1.

Superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention were not bound by the results of their state's primary or caucus to support a specific presidential candidate.

Cook was a superdelegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention from New York.

The first is that superdelegates are automatically selected, by virtue of being a high - level elected official or a Democratic National Committee member.

The second reason is that unlike other kinds of Democratic delegates, who have already pledged their support or whose ability to go to the convention depends on the voters, superdelegates aren't bound by the results of the election.

At the time, there were no known superdelegates from Connecticut supporting Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination.

Wyman was a superdelegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention from Connecticut.

Paterson was awarded superdelegate status by dint of his membership in the Democratic National Party.

A committee established to reform the Democratic presidential nomination process has formally proposed that the party dramatically slash the number of «superdelegates» ahead of the 2020 election.

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