D.C. Shadow Senators Endorse Obama
The District's two shadow senators, Michael Brown and Paul Strauss, have both announced their endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama. The endorsements are actually quite significant because both senators are also two of the 22 superdelegates the city will send to the Democratic National Convention this summer in Denver.
"We feel strongly that we should use our vote to uphold the will of the people who by decisive margins chose Barack Obama in contests across the country and by our region’s voters in the Potomac Primaries," Strauss said in a statement.
D.C.'s delegation technically has more superdelegates than regular ones, due to the large number of At-Large DNC members who actually live in D.C.: the 39 total delegates are made up of 22 superdelegates, two add-on party leader elected official delegates, and then 15 pledged delegates split up proportionally based on our primary election results (the AP reports 10 are going to Obama and three to Clinton, so we're not sure where those last two delegates are).
With these latest announcements factored in, we've posted a breakdown of how the automatic delegates have said they'll be voting after the jump (thanks to Shadow Senator Paul Strauss for the details).
Photo by KC Ivey
Clinton Pledged
1. DNC At Large Member Mary Eva Candon
2. DNC At Large Member Yolanda Caraway
3. DNC At Large Member Hartina Flournoy
4. DNC At Large Member Harold Ickes
5. DNC At Large Member Ben Johnson
6. DNC At Large Member Eric Kleinfeld
7. DNC At Large Member Minyon Moore
8. DNC At Large Member Elizabeth Smith
9. DC-National Committee Woman Marilyn Tyler Brown
10. DC Council Chairperson Pro-Tempore* - Jack Evans (Is an automatic Add-On Party Leader Elected Official or PLEO Delegate).
Obama Pledged
11. Mayor Adrian Fenty
12. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
13. DNC At Large Dr. James Zogby
14. DC- National Committeeman Arrington Dixon
15. Anna Burger, SEIU's Secretary-Treasurer * WAS A PENNSYLVANIA SuperDelegate, who was switched to DC when she moved.
16. DC Democratic State Committee Vice-Chairperson Jeffrey Richardson
17. US Senator Paul Strauss
18. US Senator Michael Brown
Unpledged
19. DC-Democratic State Committee Chairperson Anita Bonds
20. DNC At Large Member Donna Brazile
21. DNC At Large Member Larry Cohen
22. DNC At Large Member Mona Mohib
23. National Democratic Ethnic Coordinating Committee Member Christine Warnke
24. DC Council Chairperson Vincent Gray Is an automatic Add-On Party Leader Elected Official or PLEO Delegate).