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Nebraska 2008 presidential primary and superdelegates
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This page is part of the Superdelegate Transparency Project, a collaboration of citizen journalists, LiteraryOutpost, OpenLeft, DemConWatch, HuffPost's OffTheBus and the Congresspedia community to build an open-source tally and informational resource on the 2008 Democratic superdelegates. (More about superdelegates.)
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Primary elections
Democratic presidential primary
The Nebraska Democratic presidential caucus took place on Feb. 9th, 2008.
- See also the 2008 federal election calendar (U.S.) and the embeddable Google calendar of the presidential primary dates and the congressional primary dates.
Delegate count
This chart shows the delegates to the Democratic National Convention in August 2008, who will elect the Democratic nominee for president. Listed are "pledged delegates" - those who were elected through the state's caucuses or primaries - and the "superdelegates" - those who are delegates by virtue of their party or elected office.
- Learn more about superdelegates.
- Help update and expand this chart.
Delegate allotments for At-Large and PL/EO delegate types are both based on statewide totals. Therefore, the statewide totals need only be listed in the 'At-Large' row
| Congressional District or Affiliation | Clinton Vote [1] | Obama Vote [1] | Other Vote [1] | Pledged Clinton [2] | Pledged Obama [2] | Superdelegate | Superdelegate Status | Agrees w/ voters? | Accepted Donation(s) From | Donation Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 5,288 | 10,041 | 85 | 2 | 4 | Republican | n/a | n/a | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3,709 | 12,252 | 0 | 1 | 5 | Republican | n/a | n/a | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3,448 | 3,833 | 14 | 2 | 2 | Republican | n/a | n/a | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| At-Large Pledged | 12,445 | 26,126 | 99 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PL/EO Pledged | 12,445 | 26,126 | 99 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Senator | 1 | Ben Nelson | Barack Obama[3] | Yes | Obama | $10,000[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DNC | 1 | Steven Achelpohl | Barack Obama[5] | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DNC | 1 | Kathleen Fahey | Barack Obama[6] | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DNC | 1 | Frank LaMere | Barack Obama[7] | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DNC | 1 | Audra Ostergard | Barack Obama[8] | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DNC | 1 | Vince Powers | Barack Obama[9] | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Add-On Unpledged | TBD 6/21/2008 |
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Delegates in the following two categories are pledged delegates
- "At-Large Pledged" delegates are pledged delegates and are apportioned according to the statewide popular vote.
- "PL/EO Pledged" delegates are also apportioned according to the statewide popular vote but are selected from a pool of party leaders and elected officials.
Delegates in the following five categories are all unpledged superdelegates
- "Dem. Governor" delegates are sitting Democratic governors.
- "Dem. Senator" delegates are sitting Democratic senators.
- "DNC" delegates are party officials.
- "Distinguished Party Member" delegates are former Democratic Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Speakers of the House, Minority or Majority leader of either house of Congress, Governors, or DNC Chairmen.
- "Add-On Unpledged" delegates are [To Be Determined].
You may use this list to confirm that the correct number of delegates and superdelegates are represented on the table.
Total number of delegates
Nebraska receives a total of 31 delegates[10]
- 24 pledged delegates
- 16 district-level delegates
- 5 at-large delegates
- 3 party leaders/elected officials
- 7 unpledged (superdelegate) delegates
- 5 Democratic National Committee members
- 1 member of Congress
- 1 add-on unpledged delegate
Wobbler and leaner superdelegates
The list of "wobbler" and "leaner" superdelegates helps predict shifts as they change or hedge their endorsements. Click on a superdelegate's name in the main state chart above to see more details about their endorsement status. The full list of superdelegates from Nebraska is here.
Articles and resources
See also
- Portal:Superdelegate Transparency Project
- U.S. presidential election, 2008
- Portal:2008 U.S. Congressional Elections
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 USA TODAY Nebraska Primary Results[1] February 19, 2008
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nebraska Democratic Delegation 2008," TheGreenPapers.com, Accessed March 22, 2008.
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ CapitaleEye.com, "Money to Superdelegates," Accessed March 11, 2008.
- ↑ "Achelpohl hands superdelegate vote to Obama", Lincoln Journal Star, April 19, 2008
- ↑ Don Walton, "Superdelegate state battle underway," JournalStar.com, February 11, 2008.
- ↑ "Nebraska superdelegate and chairman of the DNC's Native American Caucus endorses Obama", Sam Graham-Felsen's Blog at My.BarackOabam.com, February 28, 2008
- ↑ "Final Nebraska superdelegate picks Obama", Omaha World-Herald, April 23, 2008
- ↑ It's delegate math: Crunch, then guess, Chicago Tribune, John McCormick and Mike Dorning, February 11,2008.
- ↑ Chart from the Democratic National Committee's website (direct pdf link).
External resources
- DemConWatch - Best source for superdelegate endorsement info.
- USAToday Election Central - Probably the best resource for votes. Pledged PL/EOs and At-Large delegates are shown at the bottom.
- WashingtonPost.com - Adobe Acrobat document with full listing of superdelegates broken out by state and then type.
- CapitalEye - Lists campaign contributions in last cycle.
- PoliticalIndex.com - State political party links (the Washington Post link above should give complete information. However, if you need to follow up, try these links.
- Politico.com - politico.com's page showing superdelegate status. If you click on the '+' icon for any state/territory, the list will expand and show the commitments. WARNING - This should not be considered a valid source for updating the table. It is however useful as a reference for finding source material. For instance, you can use a Google's news search to confirm a superdelegate's status as it is shown on politico.com.
- PoliticalResources.com - Links to Secretary of State offices (for official election results).
- Wikipedia's page on superdelegates - This list may supplement the info available at DemConWatch. Watch out for unsourced information, though.
