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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.) Things you can do: Tally the available delegates or update the superdelegates' endorsements. How to get started participating Other projects on Congresspedia: Build profiles of New Jersey's congressional candidates at the Wiki-The-Vote project.

You can also find New Jersey members of Congress, candidates and blogs at the New Jersey portal.

Primary elections

Democratic presidential primary

The New Jersey Democratic presidential primary election took place on Feb. 5th, 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

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

New Jersey receives a total of 127 delegates^[16]

• 107 pledged delegates
  • 70 district-level delegates
  • 23 at-large delegates
  • 14 party leaders/elected officials
• 20 unpledged (superdelegate) delegates
  • 8 Democratic National Committee members
  • 9 members of Congress
  • 2 add-on unpledged delegate

Pledged delegates from the NJ primary are awarded by delegate districts, which consist of pairs of state legislative districts. Results are unofficial. Districts maked with an asterisk ("*") are incomplete because they span county boundaries and not all votes are yet included in this table.

Information from:

• Bergen County: Results by phone from Board of Elections, 2/21/08 (http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/paboe/index.htm)
• Cape May County: http://www.capemaycountygov.net/FCpdf/2008PresPri.pdf
• Essex County: http://www.essexclerk.com/election/Summary.pdf
• Hudson County: http://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/cgi-bin/election.pl
• Hunterdon County: http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/countyclerk/election/unofficialpresidential.htm
• Monmouth County: http://www.co.monmouth.nj.us/ElectionResults/Election%20Result.htm
• Morris County: http://www.morriselectionresults.org/index.htm
• Salem County: http://www.salemcountynj.gov/cmssite/downloads/departments/BOE/2008PresPrim.PDF
• Union County: http://www.ucnj.org/ctyclerk/election_result/Election%20Result_idx_dtl33.htm

Note: A list of NJ County and municipal websites is at http://www.state.nj.us/nj/govinfo/county/localgov.html

Counties which have been checked and do not yet have election results online are:

• Atlantic: http://www.atlanticcountyclerk.org/services.htm#ES, http://www.atlanticcountyclerk.org/
• Burlington: http://co.burlington.nj.us/departments/countyclerk/voting/election/index.htm
• Camden: http://www.co.camden.nj.us/government/office_dept.html
• Cumberland: http://cumberlandctynj.qscend.com/content/173/251/1901/957.aspx
• Gloucester: http://www.co.gloucester.nj.us/Government/offdep.cfm
• Mercer: http://nj.gov/counties/mercer
• Middlesex: http://www.co.middlesex.nj.us/elections/index.asp
• Ocean: http://www.co.ocean.nj.us/ElectionMainPage.aspx
• Passaic: http://www.passaiccountynj.org/CountyClerk/countyclerk.htm
• Somerset: http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/elections/index.htm
• Sussex: http://www.sussex.nj.us/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=7&TPID=1503, http://www.sussexcountyclerk.com

These local Boards of Elections must be called to get data.

A map of NJ legislative districts is at http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/njmap210.html A rough map of NJ counties is at http://www.funnewjersey.com/upload_user/New_Jersey_State_info/MAP_OF_NEW_JERSEY_COUNTIES.HTM NJ delegate selction plan is at http://www.njdems.org/pdf/2008DSP.pdf (see PDF p.45 for a table which maps legislative districts to delegate districts).

Wobbler and leaner superdelegates

Articles and resources

See also

• Portal:Superdelegate Transparency Project
  • Superdelegates in the 2008 presidential primaries
• U.S. presidential election, 2008
  • U.S. presidential election, 2008/Congressional endorsements
• Portal:2008 U.S. Congressional Elections

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} USA Today's [http://content.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/results.aspx?sp=nj&oi=p&rti=e Election Central site].
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} [1]
3. ↑ [2]
4. ↑ Robert Schwaneberg, "Congressman Payne, NJ superdelegate, switches from Clinton to Obama", The Star-Ledger, May 8, 2008
5. ↑ Superdelegate Endorsement List, DemConWatch", June 4, 2008
6. ↑ [3]
7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 CapitaleEye.com, "Money to Superdelegates," Accessed March 25, 2008.
8. ↑ Superdelegate Endorsement List, DemConWatch", June 4, 2008
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} "Gov. Corzine, NJ Officials Endorse Clinton", HillaryClinton.com, April 2, 2007
10. ↑ [4]
11. ↑ [5]
12. ↑ [6]
13. ↑
14. ↑ ^14.0 14.1 Editor, "Two N.J. super delegates go to Obama; Norcross backs Obama; key Clinton supporters endorse Obama", PolitickerNJ.com, February 20, 2008
15. ↑ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23182117, Associated Press, MSNBC, February 15, 2008.
16. ↑ Chart from the Democratic National Committee's website (direct pdf link).
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2} State of New Jersey Division of Elections[7]As of March 25, 2008.

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.

External articles