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Review changes beginning Wednesday February 5, 2008.

  • Sunday February 3, 2008
  • Friday February 1, 2008
    • Commentary: SERIOUS WINNOWING both on and after 'Super Duper' Tuesday by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff
    • MAINE Republican MUNICIPAL CAUCUSES
      • 2 February 2008 results from a cnn.com. With 68% of the precincts reporting, Romney leads with 52% of the vote.
      • Republican Municipal Caucuses are held in the State of Maine between this date and Sunday 3 February 2008: each such caucus chooses the local unit's delegates to the Maine Republican State Convention. (NOTE: Republican National Convention delegates are actually chosen at the State Convention: caucuses of State Convention delegates from each of Maine's 2 Congressional Districts will choose the 3 National Convention delegates from each, while the State Convention as a whole will choose the remainder of the National Convention delegates. Under Maine State Republican Party rules, all 21 Republican National Convention delegates from Maine will go to the Convention officially "Unpledged").
  • Wednesday January 30, 2008
    • Media reports state former Senator John Edwards and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani are withdrawing, respectively, from the Democratic and Republican races for President. In addition, reports state Mayor Giuliani plans to endorse Senator John McCain for the Republican presidential nomination; Senator Edwards, on the other hand, has no immediate plans to endorse either of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination: Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
    • Update: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani announced that he is ending his bid for Republican Presidential nomination and endorsing Senator John McCain.
    • Update: Former Senator John Edwards announced that he is suspending his campaign. (Since former Senator Edwards has not officially withdrawn, he will keep any statewide delegates already won. Democratic party rules prohibit At-Large and Pledged PLEO Democratic delegates from being awarded to candidates who have withdrawn prior to the time that the actual delegate is elected.)
  • Tuesday January 29, 2008
    • FLORIDA Presidential Primaries
      • DEMOCRATS:
        • Hillary Clinton has won the Florida Democratic Primary and, with nearly all of the statewide vote now reported, flirts with an outright majority of the vote; Barack Obama is well back in 2d; John Edwards is in 3d place but still just under the threshold needed to qualify for at-large National Convention delegates.
        • NOTE: At this time, FLORIDA is entitled to 0 delegates to the Democratic National Convention because the date of this Primary has been held to have violated Party rules regarding States which have been permitted to hold their first-step delegate selection event prior to Tuesday 5 February.
        • Prior to the sanctioning noted above, Florida would have been determining the pledging of 185 of 210 National Convention delegates to presidential contenders through the results of the voting in this Primary: 121 delegates total would have been pledged based on results of voting in each of the State's 25 Congressional Districts and 64 delegates would have been pledged based on the results of the voting Statewide; a mandatory 15 percent threshold would have been required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.
        • 'The Green Papers' will be determining an "alternative" breakdown of the FLORIDA Democratic National Convention delegation re: delegates pledged to Democratic Party presidential contenders as if the sanctions above had never been in place.
      • REPUBLICANS:
        • John McCain has won the Florida Republican Primary; Mitt Romney finishes a few percentage points back in 2d place; Rudy Giuliani finishes well back in 3d place, a mere percentage point ahead of Mike Huckabee.
        • 57 delegates to the Republican National Convention from FLORIDA are to be pledged among presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in this Primary: all 57 delegates will be pledged to the highest vote-getter among the Republican presidential contenders in the Primary Statewide.
        • NOTE: FLORIDA has been penalized half of its originally allocated Republican National Convention delegation of 114 for holding its principal delegate distribution event prior to 5 Feburary 2008 in violation of Party rules; thus, the State has been stripped, by the national Republican Party, of 57 of these 114 delegates, including all 3 seats reserved for the Party leaders ex officio: these being the National Committeeman and the National Committeewoman from Florida, as well as the chairman of the State's Republican Party.
        • In the "alternative" delegate count on this website (that which is calculated as if the sanctions noted above are not enforced), 114 delegates will be pledged to presidential contenders: 75 delegates total from each of the State's 25 Congressional Districts (the highest vote-getter among the presidential contenders in a given Congressional District winning all 3 delegates from that District) and 39, including the 3 Party Leader ex officio seats, pledged to the highest vote-getter among the Republican presidential contenders in the Primary Statewide, as this would have been the allocation formula had the sanctions never been imposed in the first place.
  • Monday January 28, 2008
  • Saturday January 26, 2008
    • SOUTH CAROLINA [Party-run] Democratic Primary
      • 45 of 54 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in this Primary: 29 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 6 Congressional Districts and 16 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote Statewide. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.
      • Illinois Senator Barack Obama has won the South Carolina Democratic Primary with a clear majority: New York Senator Hillary Clinton is well back in 2d place, but still ahead of former N.C. Senator John Edwards who, although in 3d place, remains above the threshold needed to qualify for National Convention delegates.
  • Friday January 25, 2008
    • Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich (Congressman Ohio CD 10) announced his withdrawal from the Presidential contest.
    • U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton today publicly committed to seating Florida's and Michigan's delegates at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Both states had been sanctioned by the DNC for beginning their delegate selection processes prior to 5 February 2008. Media Release from the Florida Democratic Party.
    • HAWAI'I Republican Caucuses begin and are held in each precinct within different State House of Representatives Districts over the following nearly two weeks, as follows:
      • Friday 25 January 2008: House District 10
      • Saturday 26 January 2008: House Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 24, 25, 26, 27, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45
      • Tuesday 29 January 2008: House Districts 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33
      • Wednesday 30 January 2008: House Districts 11, 14, 15 ,36, 37, 38, 39, 48, 49, 50, 51
      • Thursday 31 January 2008: House District 16
      • Saturday 2 February 2008: House Districts 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 17, 18, 34, 35, 40, 46, 47
      • Tuesday 5 February 2008: House Districts 19, 20
        • These precinct caucuses elect delegates to the State Republican Convention scheduled for Friday 16 May through Sunday 18 May (it is the State Convention that actually chooses National Convention delegates and pledges these latter to Republican presidential contenders).
  • Thursday January 24, 2008
  • Wednesday January 23, 2008
  • Tuesday January 22, 2008
    • Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson withdrew from the Republican Presidential contest today. "Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.". He has not endorsed any other candidate.
    • 55 Updates: California: for House CD 4: state Representative Ted Gaines (Republican) - apparently not a candidate, John Michael "Mike" Holmes (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 12: Robert M. Barrows (Democratic) - added, Mike Moloney (Republican) - added; Delaware: for Governor: Alan B. Levin (Republican) - apparently not a candidate, Michael D. "Mike" Protack (Republican) - added; Florida: for House CD 22: Michael Prysner (Socialism and Liberation) - added; Georgia: for Senate Class 2: Jon Jay Banks (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate; Idaho: for Senate Class 2: Fred Adams (Republican) - added; Kansas: for Attorney General: Attorney General Stephen N. Six (Democratic) - Incumbent added; Kentucky: for Senate Class 2: Greg Fischer (Democratic) - added; for House CD 3: Erwin Roberts (Republican) - apparently not a candidate, state Senator Dan "Malano" Seum (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 6: Jon Larson (Republican) - added; Louisiana: for House CD 1: (Republican) - Vacant Office; for House CD 6: Congressman Richard Hugh Baker (Republican) - Open Seat, Congressman Richard Hugh Baker (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Maine: for Senate Class 2: Tom Ledue (Democratic) - added; Minnesota: for House CD 3: David G. Dillon (Independent) - added; Missouri: for Governor: Joseph "Chief Wana Dubie" Bickell (Libertarian) - added; Nebraska: for Senate Class 2: Larry Marvin (Democratic) - added; New Hampshire: for House CD 2: Jennifer Horn (Republican) - added; New Jersey: for House CD 7: state Assemblyman Upendra J. Chivukula (Democratic) - added, Tom Roughneen (Republican) - added; New Mexico: for Senate Class 2: Spiro Vassilopoulos (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 1: Robert L. Pidcock (Democratic) - added; for House CD 2: Terry Marquardt (Republican) - added, Hobbs Mayor Monty Newman (Republican) - added, Greg Sowards (Republican) - added; Pennsylvania: for House CD 5: Bill Cahir (Democratic) - added, Chris Exarchos (Republican) - added, state Representative Michael K. "Mike" Hanna (Democratic) - added, Daniel Klees (Republican) - added, state Representative Dan A. Surra (Democratic) - added, Glenn "G.T." Thompson (Republican) - added, Donald Wilson (Green) - added; for House CD 7: W. Craig Williams (Republican) - added; for House CD 8: Tom Lingenfelter (Republican) - added, Thomas "Tom" Manion (Republican) - added; for House CD 10: Donald J. "Don" Ely (Republican) - apparently not a candidate, Vince Sweeney (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Texas: for House CD 4: Michael Sprinkle (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 12: Gardner C. Osborne (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 18: TJ Baker-Holm (Republican) - Active, John M. Faulk (Republican) - Active; for House CD 20: Robert Litoff (Republican) - added; for House CD 29: Leslie Eric Story (Republican) - Active; for House CD 30: Fred Wood (Republican) - added; for House CD 32: Steve Love (Democratic) - added; West Virginia: for Secretary of State: Charles Minimah (Republican) - added; Wyoming: for Senate Class 1: former State Treasurer Cynthia Marie Lummis (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Presidential Candidates: Jared Arlen Ball (Green) - apparently not a candidate, Congressman Duncan Hunter (Republican) - apparently not a candidate, Gloria La Riva (Socialism and Liberation) - added, Joseph Anthony "Joe" Oliva (Independent) - party was (Not readily classifiable).
  • Saturday January 19, 2008
    • Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter (California CD 52) announces his withdrawal from the Presidential contest. "Today we end this campaign. The Nevada caucuses reflecting only 2% of the vote for me. I ran the campaign exactly the way I wanted to, and at this point not being able to gain traction in conservative states of Nevada and South Carolina, it's time to allow our volunteers and supporters to focus on the campaigns that remain viable."
    • SOUTH CAROLINA Republican Primary
      • Ariz. Senator JOHN McCAIN appears to have won the South Carolina Republican Primary over former Ark. Governor MIKE HUCKABEE, who finishes 2d; former Tenn. Senator FRED THOMPSON holds 3d place, albeit well back of the top two GOP contenders, over former Mass. Governor MITT ROMNEY.
      • 24 delegates to the Republican National Convention from SOUTH CAROLINA are to be pledged among presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in this Primary. We at 'The Green Papers' do not have an official breakdown of the manner in which these 24 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders: the most logical breakdown would be (since the following would be based on the original, pre-sanction pledging criteria): 12 delegates pledged to the primary winner statewide; and the 12 remaining delegates distributed in the following manner: 2 pledged to the highest vote-getter, among the presidential contenders, in each of the State's 6 Congressional Districts. However, we- as yet- have no specific confirmation that these will, indeed, be the pledging criteria actually utilized.
      • NOTE: SOUTH CAROLINA has been penalized approximately half of its originally allocated Republican National Convention delegation of 47 for holding its principal delegate distribution event prior to 5 Feburary 2008 in violation of Party rules; thus, the State has been stripped, by the national Republican Party, of 23 of these 47 delegates, including all 3 seats reserved for the Party leaders ex officio: these being the National Committeeman and the National Committeewoman from South Carolina, as well as the chairman of the State's Republican Party.
      • In the "alternative" delegate count on this website (that which is calculated as if the sanctions noted above are not enforced), 47 delegates will be pledged to presidential contenders: 18 delegates total from each of the State's 6 Congressional Districts (the highest vote-getter among the presidential contenders in a given Congressional District winning all 3 delegates from that District) and 29 delegates- including the 3 Party Leader ex officio seats- awarded to the winner of the Primary Statewide- as this would have been the allocation formula had the sanctions never been imposed in the first place.
    • NEVADA CAUCUSES
      • DEMOCRATS:
        • N.Y. Senator HILLARY CLINTON bests Ill. Senator BARACK OBAMA in the Nevada Democratic Caucuses by a significant margin and with a clear majority; former N.C. Senator JOHN EDWARDS is in 3rd place but very far back, in single digit percentages of the "vote" (that is, reflective of the presidential preferences of precinct delegates elected to County Conventions).
        • Democratic Party Caucuses meet in each precinct: each Precinct Caucus chooses delegates to the County Convention of the county in which the precinct is located. While a non-binding Presidential Preference Poll is conducted during the caucuses, County Convention delegates so chosen at the Precinct Caucus level are not bound to their declared Presidential preference.
      • REPUBLICANS:
        • Former Mass. Governor MITT ROMNEY "wins" in the Nevada Republican Caucuses with a significant lead and a clear majority in the associated straw polling; Tex. Congressman RON PAUL appears to have come in 2d place, just ahead of Ariz. Senator JOHN McCAIN, but far back of Romney.
        • Republican Party Caucuses meet in each precinct: each Precinct Caucus chooses the precinct's delegates to the County Convention of the county in which the precinct is located. There is no formal system applied in the Precinct Caucuses to relate the presidential preference of the Caucus participants to the choice of the precinct's delegates to the County Convention.
  • Friday January 18, 2008
  • Tuesday January 15, 2008
    • MICHIGAN Presidential Primaries
      • DEMOCRATS:
        • N.Y. Senator Hillary Clinton, the only "top-tier" candidate actually on the ballot, has won the Michigan Democratic Primary with a clear majority; however, the vote for 'Uncommitted' (the only option for those supporting active Democratic contenders other than Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich) is more than 1/3 of the total vote.
        • NOTE: At this time, MICHIGAN is entitled to 0 delegates to the Democratic National Convention because the date of this Primary has been held to have violated Party rules regarding States which have been permitted to hold their first-step delegate selection event prior to Tuesday 5 February.
        • Prior to the sanctioning noted above, Michigan would have been determining the pledging of 128 of 156 National Convention to presidential contenders through the results of the voting in this Primary: 83 delegates total would have been pledged based on results of voting in each of the State's 15 Congressional Districts and 45 delegates would have been pledged based on the results of the voting Statewide; a mandatory 15 percent threshold would have been required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.
        • 'The Green Papers' will be determining an "alternative" breakdown of the MICHIGAN Democratic National Convention delegation re: delegates pledged to Democratic Party presidential contenders as if the sanctions above had never been in place.
        • Presidential contenders actually on the Democratic Primary ballot in MICHIGAN are: Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY); Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT); former Senator Mike Gravel (D-AK; now a resident of VA) and Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). Voters in this Primary who wish to express a preference for presidential contenders other than those named are urged, by the State Democratic Party, to vote "Uncommitted" (which also appears on the ballot), as write-in votes for presidential contenders other than those actually appearing on the ballot will not be counted toward those contenders.
      • REPUBLICANS:
        • Former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney has won the Michigan Republican Primary by a decisive margin; Ariz. Senator John McCain, the winner in New Hampshire, has claimed 2nd place; former Ark. Governor Mike Huckabee, who had won Iowa, has finished well back in 3rd place.
        • 30 delegates to the Republican National Convention from MICHIGAN are to be pledged among presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in this Primary. We at 'The Green Papers' do not have an official breakdown of the manner in which these 30 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders: the most logical breakdown would be (since the following would be based on the original, pre-sanction pledging criteria): 15 delegates proportionally based on the primary vote statewide, subject to a 15% threshold; and the 15 remaining delegates distributed between the highest vote-getters, among the presidential contenders, in each of the State's 15 Congressional Districts. However, we- as yet- have no specific confirmation that these will, indeed, be the pledging criteria actually utilized.
        • NOTE: MICHIGAN has been penalized half of its originally allocated Republican National Convention delegation of 60 for holding its principal delegate distribution event prior to 5 Feburary 2008 in violation of Party rules; thus, the State has been stripped, by the national Republican Party, of 30 of these 60 delegates, including all 3 seats reserved for the Party leaders ex officio: these being the National Committeeman and the National Committeewoman from Michigan, as well as the chairman of the State's Republican Party.
        • In the "alternative" delegate count on this website (that which is calculated as if the sanctions noted above are not enforced), 60 delegates will be pledged to presidential contenders: 45 delegates total from each of the State's 15 Congressional Districts (the highest vote-getter among the presidential contenders in a given Congressional District winning all 3 delegates from that District) and 15, including the 3 Party Leader ex officio seats, proportionally based on the primary vote statewide, subject to a 15% threshold- as this would have been the allocation formula had the sanctions never been imposed in the first place.
    • LOUISIANA Congressman Richard Hugh Baker (Republican [CD 6]) has been named president and chief executive officer of The Managed Funds Association; he is expected to resign his seat in Congress by 6 February.
  • Monday January 14, 2008
    • former Congressman Piyush "Bobby" Jindal was sworn in as Governor of LOUISIANA today. Jindal formally resigned his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on the same day he was sworn in as Governor. The partisan breakdown of the U.S. House is now 232 Democrats, 199 Republicans and 4 vacant seats.
    • 87 Updates: for Illinois CD 14 Special : Geneva Mayor Kevin R. Burns (Republican) - removed, Jotham Shepard Stein (Democratic) - added; Alabama: for House CD 2: David Dwight Woods (Republican) - added; Arizona: for House CD 1: state Representative Bill Konopnicki (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 6: state Representative Russell K. Pearce (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; California: for House CD 4: Congressman John Taylor Doolittle (Republican) - Open Seat, Congressman John Taylor Doolittle (Republican) - apparently not a candidate, Thomas Rico Oller (Republican) - added; for House CD 43: Joanne Gilbert (Democratic) - added; for House CD 45: Julie Bornstein (Democratic) - added; Florida: for House CD 5: Carol Castagnero (Democratic) - added; for House CD 9: Anita de Palma (Democratic) - added; for House CD 22: Mike Karsten Thomas (Republican) - added; Idaho: for Senate Class 2: Richard E. Phenneger (Republican) - added; Illinois: for House CD 4: Omar N. López (Green) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 14: Geneva Mayor Kevin R. Burns (Republican) - removed; Indiana: for House CD 7: Gabrielle Campo (Republican) - added, state Representative Carolene Mays (Democratic) - added, Stephanie McCabe (Democratic) - added, Randle Pollard (Democratic) - added, Thomas A. Rose (Republican) - added, City-County Council Vice President Joanne Sanders (Democratic) - added, Sean Sheppard (Libertarian) - added, J. Gregory Stroude (Republican) - added, Jeffery White (Democratic) - added, Frances Nelson Williams (Democratic) - added; Iowa: for House CD 3: former state Representative Ed Fallon (Democratic) - added; Kentucky: for House CD 5: Ken Stepp (Democratic) - added; Massachusetts: for Senate Class 2: James "Jim" Ogonowski (Republican) - added; Michigan: for Senate Class 2: Barton L. "Bart" Baron (Republican) - added; Mississippi: for Senate Class 1: Senator Roger F. Wicker (Republican) - added as candidate; for Senate Class 2: Erik Robert Fleming (Democratic) - added; for House CD 1: Travis Childers (Democratic) - added, Steve Holland (Democratic) - added, J.K. "Ken" Hurt (Democratic) - added, Glenn McCullough, Jr. (Republican) - added, Brian Neely (Democratic) - added, Wally Pang (Independent) - added, Randy Russell (Republican) - added, John Wages, Jr. (Green) - added; for House CD 2: Dorothy "Dot" Benford (Democratic) - added, Richard Cook (Republican) - added; for House CD 3: James Broadwater (Republican) - added, Hardy Caraway (Republican) - added, Randy Eads (Democratic) - added, Joel Gill (Democratic) - added, Gregory Hatcher (Republican) - added, Bill Marcy (Republican) - added; for House CD 4: John McCay, III (Republican) - added; Missouri: for House CD 2: William C. "Bill" Haas (Democratic) - added, David Pentland (Democratic) - added; New Jersey: for Senate Class 2: Murray Sabrin (Republican) - added; New York: for House CD 15: Martín Koppel (Socialist Workers Party) - added; North Carolina: for Governor: Charlotte Mayor Patrick McCrory (Republican) - added; Ohio: for House CD 1: Rich Stevenson (Independent) - added; for House CD 7: Sharen Swartz Neuhardt (Democratic) - added, Jack Null (Democratic) - added, Tom Scrivens (Democratic) - added, Richard Wyderski (Democratic) - added; for House CD 9: Ed Emery (Republican) - added, Bradley S. Leavitt (Republican) - added; for House CD 10: Bill Smith (Republican) - added, Paul Visokaj (Independent) - added; for House CD 12: Russ Goodwin (Democratic) - added; for House CD 13: Frank Chestney (Republican) - added, Frances Kalapodis (Republican) - added, David Potter (Republican) - added; for House CD 14: Dale Blanchard (Democratic) - added, John Greene, Jr. (Democratic) - added; Pennsylvania: for House CD 5: Matt Shaner (Republican) - added; for House CD 6: Mike Leibowitz (Democratic) - added; for House CD 18: R. Wayne Dudding (Democratic) - added; Texas: for Senate Class 2: David B. Collins (Green) - added, Tom Davis (Green) - added; for House CD 3: Mary Joan Boidock (Green) - added; for House CD 22: Joel West (Green) - added; for House CD 25: Thomas Scott Trimble (Green) - added; for House CD 31: Ed Lindsay (Green) - added; for House CD 32: Eric Nelson Roberson (Democratic) - added; for Railroad Commissioner 3: Art Browning (Green) - added; Virginia: for House CD 1: Kevin M. O'Neill (Republican) - added; for House CD 5: Charles David "Dave" Shreve (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Washington: for House CD 2: Douglas Robert Roulstone (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Presidential Candidates: Paris Carlos Junior Alvarez (Independent) - added, Olivier Lodewijk Ferdinand Asser (Independent) - added, Governor William B. "Bill" Richardson, III (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate, Clifford J. "Farmer Jim" Smalley (No Party Affiliation) - added.
  • Saturday January 12, 2008
  • Wednesday January 9, 2008
    • The Associated Press is reporting that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is dropping out of the Democratic Presidential race after finishing 4th place in both Iowa and New Hampshire.
  • Tuesday January 8, 2008
    • NEW HAMPSHIRE Presidential Primaries
      • DEMOCRATS:
        • N.Y. Senator Hillary Clinton has apparently won the NEW HAMPSHIRE Democratic Primary over Ill. Senator Barack Obama; former N.C. Senator John Edwards is well back in 3d place but still well ahead of any other Democratic presidential contender: Edwards remains above the threshold necessary to receive a share of delegates from the Granite State.
        • 22 of 30 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's New Hampshire Presidential Primary: 14 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 2 congressional districts (7 from each CD); 8 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.
      • REPUBLICANS:
        • Ariz. Senator John McCain has apparently won the NEW HAMPSHIRE Republican Primary with a significant lead over former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney; former Ark. Governor Mike Huckabee, the top vote-getter in the Iowa Caucuses last week, is currently holding 3d place but is still well back of Romney; former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is hovering just under the threshold for getting a share of delegates from the Granite State.
        • All 12 of New Hampshire's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's New Hampshire Primary: 12 National Convention delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide. A 10% threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary.
        • NOTE: NEW HAMPSHIRE has been penalized half of its originally allocated Republican National Convention delegation of 24 for holding its principal delegate distribution event prior to 5 Feburary 2008 in violation of Party rules; thus, the Granite State has been stripped, by the national Republican Party, of 12 of these 24 delegates, including all 3 seats reserved- as formally "unpledged"- for the Party leaders ex officio: these being the National Committeeman and the National Committeewoman from New Hampshire, as well as the chairman of the State's Republican Party.
        • In the "alternative" delegate count on this website (that which is calculated as if the sanctions noted above are not enforced), 21 delegates will be pledged to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide, subject to a 10% threshold, with 3 delegates (the Party leaders) formally "unpledged"- as this would have been the allocation formula had the sanctions never been imposed in the first place.
    • Adjustments to the 2008 Democratic Delegate Allocation: For Indiana, -1 unpledged PLEO delegate (due to the passing of Democratic Congressman Julia M. Carson). For Louisiana, -1 unpledged PLEO delegate (due to the election of Republican Governor Piyush "Bobby" Jindal).
      • Assuming sanctions are applied to Florida and Michigan, the total number of delegates is now 4,049 with 2,025 needed to nominate. Assuming the Florida and Michigan delegations are seated, the total number of delegates is now 4,415 with 2,208 needed to nominate.
    • 126 Updates: Alabama: for House CD 2: state Representative Greg Wren (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 3: Joshua Steven Segall (Democratic) - added; California: for House CD 8: Lea Sherman (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 12: Gerardo Sánchez (Socialist Workers Party) - added, former state Senator Jackie Speier (Democratic) - added; for House CD 33: David Cochrane Crowley, II (Republican) - added; for House CD 34: Michael Ortega (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 35: James Harris (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 37: Bishop Leroy Joseph "L. J." Guillory (Republican) - added, Arlene Rubinstein (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 45: David E. Hunsicker (Democratic) - added; for House CD 46: Steve Blount (Democratic) - added; Colorado: for Senate Class 2: Mark Benner (Democratic) - added; District of Columbia: for Delegate to the House of Representatives: Seth Dellinger (Socialist Workers Party) - added; Florida: for House CD 17: Margaret Trowe (Socialist Workers Party) - added; Georgia: for Senate Class 2: Eleanor García (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 3: Loertta Van Pelt (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 6: Jeanne FitzMaurice (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 7: Jacob Perasso (Socialist Workers Party) - added; Illinois: for Senate Class 2: Betsy Farley (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 1: John Hawkins (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 4: Laura Anderson (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 7: Dennis Richter (Socialist Workers Party) - added; Indiana: for House CD 7: Andre Carson (Democratic) - added; Iowa: for Senate Class 2: Diana Newberry (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 3: Frank Forrestal (Socialist Workers Party) - added; Kansas: for House CD 1: James Bordonaro (Democratic) - added; Louisiana: for House CD 1: St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 4: Jim Crowley (Democratic) - added, Shreveport Mayor Keith Hightower (Democratic) - added, Jerry Jones (Republican) - added, Chester T. Kelly (Republican) - added, Steve Prator (Republican) - added; for House CD 6: state Representative Donald J. "Don" Cazayoux, Jr. (Democratic) - added; Massachusetts: for Senate Class 2: William Estrada (Socialist Workers Party) - added; Minnesota: for Senate Class 2: Ernest Mailhot (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 4: Carlos Samaniego (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 5: Rebecca Williamson (Socialist Workers Party) - added; Mississippi: for Senate Class 1: former Congressman Clifford Ronald "Ronnie" Shows (Democratic) - added; for House CD 1: Travis Childers (Democratic) - added; New Jersey: for Senate Class 2: Sara Lobman (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 1: Mahdi Ibn-Ziyad (Democratic) - added; for House CD 10: Dean Debrosse (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 13: Michael Taber (Socialist Workers Party) - added; New Mexico: for House CD 2: C. Earl Greer (Republican) - added; for House CD 3: Rudy Martin (Democratic) - added; Ohio: for House CD 5: George F. Mays (Democratic) - added, Scott B. Radcliffe (Republican) - added, Michael Reynolds (Republican) - added, Robin R. Weirauch (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Pennsylvania: for House CD 2: Osborne Hart (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 5: Congressman John E. Peterson (Republican) - Open Seat, Congressman John E. Peterson (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 14: Ryan Scott (Socialist Workers Party) - added; Puerto Rico: for Governor: Pedro Rosello (Partido Nuevo Progresista) - added; for Resident Commissioner to the House of Representatives: Alfredo Antonio Castellanos Bayouth (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; South Carolina: for Senate Class 2: former Myrtle Beach Mayor Mark McBride (Republican) - added; Texas: for Senate Class 2: Alfred Adask (Constitution) - added, Robert V. Belt (Independent) - added, Robert James Devine (Independent) - added, Jacquie Henderson (Socialist Workers Party) - added, Michael R. Powell (Independent) - added, W. Leon Smith (Independent) - added; for House CD 1: James Stephen King (Constitution) - added, Roger L. Owen (Independent) - added; for House CD 3: Ron Minkow (Democratic) - added; for House CD 4: VaLinda Hathcox (Democratic) - added, David McCurrach (Independent) - added; for House CD 5: Michael A. Dougan (Independent) - added; for House CD 6: Ludwig Otto (Democratic) - added; for House CD 7: John Flatten (Independent) - added, Jim Henley (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate, John F. Truitt (Independent) - added; for House CD 8: Kent Hargett (Democratic) - added, James Wright (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 9: David Elton "Dave" Reed, Jr. (Republican) - apparently not a candidate, Amanda C. Ulman (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 10: Daniel "Danny" Kuehn, Sr. (Independent) - added; for House CD 12: Christopher Phillip Dobson (Independent) - added, Jeff Long (Independent) - added, Tracey Smith (Democratic) - added; for House CD 13: Roger James Waun (Democratic) - added; for House CD 14: Eric Dondero (Republican) - apparently not a candidate, James G. Harvey, Jr. (Independent) - added, Andy Mann (Republican) - apparently not a candidate, Gregory Randall Roof (Independent) - added; for House CD 16: Benjamin Eloy "Ben" Mendoza (Independent) - added, Jerome Telghman (Independent) - added; for House CD 17: Rob Curnock (Republican) - added, Bryan Malatesta (Constitution) - added, Dennis Allen Yokie (Independent) - added; for House CD 18: TJ Baker-Holm (Republican) - apparently not a candidate, John M. Faulk (Republican) - apparently not a candidate, Steven Warshell (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 19: Dwight Fullingim (Democratic) - added, Rufus Mark (Democratic) - added; for House CD 21: Jennifer Lauren Gale (Independent) - added, Robert Steven Hostetler (Independent) - added, Belinda D. Shvetz (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate, Dan Zavorka (Constitution) - added; for House CD 22: Ronald B. Barkley (Independent) - added, Cynthia Dunbar (Republican) - added, Alan Steinberg (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 23: Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez (Democratic) - added as candidate; for House CD 24: Tom Love (Democratic) - added; for House CD 25: Hugh G. Moore, Jr. (Independent) - added; for House CD 26: Donald L. Tracey (Independent) - added; for House CD 27: George Benavidez (Republican) - added, William "Willie" Vaden (Republican) - added; for House CD 28: Jim Fish (Republican) - added; for House CD 29: Leslie Eric Story (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 30: Mike Brooks (Constitution) - added; for House CD 31: Congressman John Rice Carter (Republican) - added as candidate; for Railroad Commissioner 3: Mel Hassell (Constitution) - added, Mark Thompson (Democratic) - added, Railroad Commissioner Michael L. Williams (Republican) - added as candidate; Virginia: for Senate Class 2: state Delegate Robert G. "Bob" Marshall (Republican) - added; Washington: for Governor: Chris Hoeppner (Socialist Workers Party) - added; for House CD 7: Mary Martin (Socialist Workers Party) - added; West Virginia: for House CD 2: Richie Robb (Democratic) - added; Wisconsin: for House CD 5: Jeffrey Shawn "Jeff" Walz (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 8: state Representative Steve Wieckert (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Wyoming: for House At-Large: former state Treasurer Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican) - added; Presidential Candidates: Senator Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate, Róger Calero (Socialist Workers Party) - added, Senator Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate.
  • Sunday January 6, 2008
  • Saturday January 5, 2008
    • Wyoming Republican County Conventions
      • The Wyoming County Conventions selected 12 National Convention Delegates and 12 National Convention alternates today. Mitt Romney received 8 delegates, Fred Dalton Thompson 3, and Duncan Hunter 1. In addition, Romney received 5 alternate delegates, uncommitted received 4, Duncan Hunter 1, John S. McCain 1, and Fred Dalton Thompson 1.
  • Thursday January 3, 2008
    • IOWA Presidential Caucuses
      • DEMOCRATS:
        • Ill. Senator Barack Obama "wins" the IOWA Democratic Presidential Caucuses; former N.C. Senator John Edwards barely finishes ahead of N.Y. Senator Hillary Clinton for 2d place ; all other Democratic presidential contenders are very far back in the pack; Del. Senator Joe Biden and Conn. Senator Chris Dodd are each dropping out of the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.
        • Democratic Party Caucuses meet in each precinct at 6:30 PM CST (0030 UTC). Each Precinct Caucus chooses the precinct's delegates to County Conventions based on presidential preference; at each such caucus, each presidential contender who fails to get at least 15 percent support among the participants in the initial balloting after a period of discussion will be considered "non-viable" and all supporters of such "non-viable" presidential contenders will then be required to join in the support of presidential contenders who have remained "viable". The caucus will next choose the precinct's delegate(s) to the Democratic Convention of the County in which the precinct is located, who will be allocated in proportion to the percentage of the support each "viable" presidential contender received in the second round of balloting at the precinct caucus as of the time of its adjournment.
        • NOTE: No National Convention delegates are actually being pledged to contenders for the Democratic Presidential Nomination as a direct result of the voting taking place in these caucuses: the County Conventions will choose delegates to both Congressional District Conventions and the State Convention based on the support in these County Conventions for still "viable" presidential contenders (such "viability" based on a mandatory 15 percent threshold of the total vote of the delegates at any such Convention) and these, in turn, will pledge National Convention delegates (also on the basis of "viability" at these respective meetings) to the presidential contenders later on the process. Any estimate as to how these caucuses will eventually translate into the pledges of actual delegates to the Democratic National Convention is, at best, an educated guess and is for informational purposes only.
      • REPUBLICANS:
        • former Ark. Governor Mike Huckabee "wins" the IOWA Republican Presidential Caucuses; former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney is well back in 2d place; former Tenn. Senator Fred Thompson barely finishes ahead of Ariz. Senator John McCain for 3d place; Tex. Congressman Ron Paul is the nearest "trailer" among the remaining GOP presidential contenders.
        • Republican Party Caucuses meet in each precinct at 7 PM CST (0100 UTC). Each Precinct Caucus chooses the precinct's delegates to the County Convention. There is no formal system applied in these Precinct Caucuses to relate the presidential preference of the Caucus participants to the choice of the precinct's delegates to the Republican Convention of the County in which the precinct is located.

        • NOTE: No National Convention delegates are actually being pledged to contenders for the Republican Presidential Nomination as a direct result of the voting taking place in these caucuses: the County Conventions will choose delegates to both Congressional District Conventions and the State Convention and these, in turn, will pledge National Convention delegates to the presidential contenders later on the process. Any estimate as to how these caucuses will eventually translate into the pledges of actual delegates to the Republican National Convention is, at best, an educated guess and is for informational purposes only.

    • 42 Updates: California: for House CD 12: Congressman Tom Lantos (Democratic) - Open Seat; Florida: for House CD 13: Jan Schneider (Democratic) - added; Idaho: for Senate Class 2: Kent Marmon (Republican) - added, Scott Syme (Republican) - added; Mississippi: for Senate Class 1: Senator Roger F. Wicker (Republican) - Incumbent added; for House CD 1: Congressman Roger F. Wicker (Republican) - Vacant Office, Southaven Mayor Charles G. "Greg" Davis (Republican) - added; New Mexico: for House CD 2: state Representative Joseph Cervantes (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; New York: for House CD 19: state Assemblymember Gregory R. "Greg" Ball (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 21: state Assemblymember Ron Canestrari (Democratic) - added; South Dakota: for House At-Large: Sioux Falls Council Member J. Pat Costello (Republican) - added, state Representative Shantel Krebs (Republican) - added, Larry Russell (Republican) - added; Texas: for Senate Class 2: Jon Roland (Libertarian) - added, Yvonne Adams Schick (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 4: Michael Sprinkle (Libertarian) - removed; for House CD 6: Max W. Koch, III (Libertarian) - added, Perry Munger (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 7: Drew Parks (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 8: Brian Stevens (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 9: Brad Walters (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 11: John R. Strohm (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 12: Shiloh Sidney Shambaugh (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 15: Gricha Raether (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 16: Mette A. Baker (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 17: Gardner C. Osborne (Libertarian) - added, Robert Allan Vernon (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 23: Bexar County Commissioner Lyle T. Larson (Republican) - added; for House CD 26: Stephanie B. Weiss (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 29: Joel Grace (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 30: Jarrett Woods (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 32: Alex Bischoff (Libertarian) - added; for Railroad Commissioner 3: David Floyd (Libertarian) - added; Virginia: for House CD 11: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly (Democratic) - added; West Virginia: for Governor: Governor Joe Manchin, III (Democratic) - added as candidate; for Secretary of State: Martin Miller (Democratic) - added; for Attorney General: Attorney General Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. (Democratic) - added as candidate; for Treasurer: Treasurer John D. Perdue (Democratic) - added as candidate; for Auditor: Auditor Glen B. Gainer, III (Democratic) - added as candidate; for Commissioner of Agriculture: Oscar Wayne Casto (Democratic) - added, Agriculture Commissioner Gus R. Douglass (Democratic) - added as candidate; Presidential Candidates: Ed Marshall (Republican) - added.
  • Monday December 31, 2007
    • Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour Wicker announced his choice for former U.S. Senator Trent Lott's replacement to be Congressman Roger F. Wicker (Congressman CD 1), 56. Senator Roger F. Wicker (Republican) will serve until a 4 November 2008 special election is held. A Special Election and Special Runoff have been called for Tuesday 4 November 2008 and Tuesday 25 November 2008 respectively.
      • The Partisan Composition of the U.S. Senate is now 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans, 1 Independent, and 1 Independent Democrat. The Partisan Composition of the U.S. House is now 232 Democrats, 200 Republicans, and 3 Vacant offices.
  • Friday December 28, 2007
    • 2 Updates: Alaska: for Senate Class 2: David Cuddy (Republican) - added, Gerald L. "Jerry" Heikes (Republican) - added.
  • Monday December 24, 2007
    • 46 Updates: Arizona: for House CD 1: Jeffrey Brown (Democratic) - added; for House CD 2: William Stephen Crum party changed to (Independent, Democratic) - party was (Independent); Arkansas: for House CD 3: Woodrow "Woody" Anderson (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate, John Burnett (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate, Dave Pritt (Democratic) - added; Colorado: for House CD 2: Congressman Mark Udall (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Georgia: for House CD 7: Jason Thompson (Republican) - added; Illinois: for House CD 3: Richard Benedict Mayers (Green) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 8: Iain Abernathy (Independent) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 16: Scott Summers (Green) - Pending; for House CD 18: Richard "Dick" Versace (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; for House CD 19: Shirley Roney (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; Indiana: for House CD 7: David Orentlicher (Democratic) - added, Michael Rodman (Democratic) - added; Louisiana: for House CD 4: Chris Gorman (Republican) - added; for House CD 5: Brent Sanders (Republican) - added; Michigan: for House CD 11: Theodore Camron "Ted" McAvoy (Independent) - added; Missouri: for Lieutenant Governor: Mike Evans (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate; North Carolina: for Senate Class 2: William Hobert Blakley (Republican) - added; Ohio: for House CD 2: William R. Smith (Democratic) - added; for House CD 3: David Esrati (Democratic) - added; Oregon: for Secretary of State: Rick Metsger (Democratic) - added; Texas: for Senate Class 2: Gene Kelly (Democratic) - added; for House CD 3: Wayne Avellanet (Republican) - added, Harry Pierce (Republican) - added; for House CD 4: Michael Sprinkle (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 7: Jim Henley (Democratic) - added, Michael Peter Skelly (Democratic) - added; for House CD 15: Eddie Zamora (Republican) - added; for House CD 18: Mike Taylor (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 19: Richard "Chip" Peterson (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 20: Mike Idrogo (Libertarian) - added; for House CD 21: Belinda D. Shvetz (Democratic) - added; for House CD 25: Lorraine DeNardis (Libertarian) - added, George Morovich (Republican) - added; Virginia: for Senate Class 2: Gail Parker (Independent Greens) - added; for Governor: Creigh Deeds (Democratic) - added; for House CD 3: William Grogan (Independent Greens) - added; for House CD 4: Albert Burckard (Independent Greens) - added; for House CD 5: Sherman Wichter (Independent Greens) - added; for House CD 7: William "Will" Griffith (Independent [Independent Greens]) - party was (Independent), Brian Taylor (Independent Greens) - added; for House CD 9: Tom Williams (Independent Greens) - added; for House CD 10: Neeraj Neegam (Independent Greens) - added; for House CD 11: David Gillis, Jr. (Independent Greens) - added; Presidential Candidates: Ed Thompson (Libertarian) - apparently not a candidate.
  • Friday December 21, 2007
  • Thursday December 20, 2007
    • Presidential Hopefull and Congressman Tom Tancredo (Republican, Colorado CD 3) withdrew his bid for the 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination today. Congressman Tancredo announced he would not seek a 6th term in Congress on 29 October 2007. He had formally entered the 2008 Presidential contest on Monday 2 April 2007.

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