At the time, there were no known
superdelegates from Connecticut supporting Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination.
[19] Wyman was one of 16
superdelegates from Connecticut.
We'll call
them superdelegates from here on out.
[24] Cook was one of 44
superdelegates from New York.
Not exact matches
I'm exaggerating of course, but in many people's eyes, she clearly had the nomination sewed up: she'd locked - in the traditional big donors and was already getting endorsements by the score
from superdelegates - to - be.
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.
I spoke with a
superdelegate recently who's publicly backing Clinton and who's been hearing about it
from the Sanders grassroots.
«Our job
from now until the convention is to convince those
superdelegates that Bernie is by far the strongest candidate against Donald Trump,» Sanders» spokesman Michael Briggs said in a statement, castigating what he called the media's «rush to judgment.»
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.
Trump now has 285 delegates, of the 1,237 necessary to clinch the nomination at the convention in Cleveland, while Clinton has 1,001 delegates (457 of which are pre-pledged
superdelegates) of the 2,383 she needs to get the nod
from her fellow Democrats in Philadelphia.
Cook was a
superdelegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention
from New York.
Wyman was a
superdelegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut.
If Paterson resigns
from the DNC, voilà: His original
superdelegate spot opens back up.