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Under party rules, automatic delegates shall "legally reside in their respective state and ... shall be recognized as part of their state's delegation" (Rule 9.E). [7] For example, in the 2008 convention, former Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis was a superdelegate (by virtue of his position as a past DNC chair), but because he had moved to Florida in 2006, he was counted as part of the Florida ...
A delegate who refuses to do that walks out or bolts, sometimes in public fashion, can be referred to as a bolter. [34] [35] A group of bolters may form an alternate convention that can be called a bolting convention; the remnants of the party or convention they leave behind can be called a rump convention.
A delegate is a person selected to represent a group of people in some political assembly of the United States. There are various types of delegates elected to different political bodies. In the United States Congress delegates are elected to represent the interests of a United States territory and its citizens or nationals. In addition ...
This is a list of Democratic party unpledged delegates, also known as superdelegates or automatic delegates, [1] who voted in the 2008 Democratic National Convention, the culmination of the party's presidential nominating process that began with the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses.
They're really important people in the Democratic nominating process, but how does the party figure out who gets to be one?
Of those delegates, 874 delegates are on the table on March 5. So far, Trump has 33 delegates and Haley 17, AP data shows. Candidates who have since dropped out also nabbed a few delegates.
Unpledged delegates represent about 15% of the overall convention votes (4,767 delegates, 4,763 votes) and come from several categories of prominent Democratic Party members: 437 elected members (with 433 votes) from the Democratic National Committee (including the chairs and vice-chairs of each state's Democratic Party)
Complicated rules mean the Land of 10,000 Lakes has about 10,000 delegate scenarios. The 15 at-large and 24 congressional district delegates are awarded proportionally, but solely by the statewide ...