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This list tracks the presumed support (based on endorsements) for given United States presidential candidates among the 775 unpledged delegates (commonly known as superdelegates, and referred to in the 2020 election cycle as "automatic delegates" [1]) who were eligible to cast a vote at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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 ...
47 Democratic members of the United States Senate (including Washington, DC shadow senators) 21 Democratic governors (including territorial governors and the Mayor of the District of Columbia). Superdelegates are "unpledged" in the sense that they themselves decide which candidate to support.
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Democratic Members of Congress, District of Columbia shadow senators and non-voting House members. Distinguished party leaders (consisting of current and former Presidents, Vice Presidents, congressional leaders, and DNC chairs) Democratic superdelegates are free to support any candidate for the presidential nomination.
Out of the 3,896 delegates heading to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention in August, the Oklahoma Democratic Party is sending 36 "pledged" delegates along with state party officials ...
Of the 4,765 total Democratic delegates, 714 (approximately 15%) are superdelegates, which are usually Democratic members of Congress, governors, former presidents and former congressional and party leaders, as well as all current members of the Democratic National Committee and at times additionally added delegates (which had in fact enlarged ...