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Showing posts with label Caucuses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caucuses. Show all posts
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Obama Widens Lead in Washington State
Here's an interesting bit of news from Washington state that was forwarded to me from a faithful reader (and alternate delegate):
Sen. Barack Obama has inched a little farther ahead of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in Washington state.
Figures released Friday by the state Democratic Party show that Obama won about 70.5 percent of the delegates selected last weekend at the party's legislative district caucuses. That's a slight increase over the 68.5 percent of the delegates he won in February at the party's precinct caucuses.
Clinton's share fell slightly, to just below 30 percent.
"It's pretty clear that both campaigns did a good job of maintaining their turnout at the next level," said state Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz.
The Democrats are selecting the majority of the party's 97 national convention delegates through the caucus process. The next step in that process: the congressional district caucuses and finally the state Democratic convention, which is scheduled June 13-15 in Spokane.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Obama Wins Wyoming - 28th State
Barack Obama today won his 28th state, Wyoming, by nearly a 20-point margin (59% to 40% at last count). There are only 12 delegates at stake but it's still a good win.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
March 4 Not-So-Live Blog
I am sad and will go to sleep soon. I can't stomach the idea of a few more months of Clinton.
I'm still at work but wanted to at least post that Obama has, as expected, won Vermont. I am both hopeful and nervous about Ohio and Texas. Think good thoughts!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Sponsoring Obama Volunteers to Texas
I am in a really great mood today due, in large part, to sponsoring three eager students from across the U.S. -- either by way of helping them get a plane ticket or helping with accommodations -- to fly down to Texas to volunteer for the Obama campaign. Please check back here often as they will be sending me news, photos and anecdotes from the campaign trail that I will be posting here.
Here are the intrepid folks I'll be following over the next week:
- Aaron - Coming from Cornelia, Georgia with what sounds like a large group of friends, he'll be campaigning in Houston and the surrounding area.
- Wendi - Flying in from San Jose, California with, like Aaron, a significant network of students to campaign in Houston.
- Kingsley - Update: With a few other people in tow, including one Sheila that I've spoken with and who helped arrange everything, Kingsley hails from New York City and will be heading down to the Brownsville area.
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