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  • Saturday June 28, 2008
  • Tuesday June 24, 2008
  • Monday June 23, 2008
  • Friday June 20, 2008
  • Tuesday June 17, 2008
    • MARYLAND SPECIAL ELECTION:
      U.S. HOUSE: 4th Congressional District
      • Democrat Donna F. Edwards has been elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Albert Wynn, effective 1 June 2008; Edwards had defeated Wynn in the Democratic Primary for the seat back on 12 February 2008.
      • The Partisan Composition of the U.S. House is now 236 Democrats and 199 Republicans.
      • The election of Democrat Donna F. Edwards to Congress increases by 1 the number of unpledged PLEO delegates from Maryland to the Democratic National Convention. The Maryland Delegation now has 99 delegate votes.
      • The Democratic Convention now has a total of 4,234 delegate votes with 2,118 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are sanctioned 50% of their delegations - our soft count) and 4,418 delegate votes with 2,210 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are fully seated - our alternative count).
  • Thursday June 12, 2008
  • Tuesday June 10, 2008
    • STATE and/or FEDERAL PRIMARIES ... no more presidential primaries, though!
  • Saturday June 7, 2008
    • Senator Hillary Clinton suspends her presidential campaign and endorses the presumptive Democratic Party nomination of Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States
  • Friday June 6, 2008
  • Wednesday June 4, 2008
    • Commentary: ALL OVER, BUT FOR THE SHOUTING ... Barack Obama takes the Democratic nomination while Hillary Clinton weighs her future by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff
    • A message received from Hillary Clinton for President campaign Wednesday 4 June 2008 10:35 PM PDT:

        I wanted you to be one of the first to know: on Saturday, I will hold an event in Washington D.C. to thank everyone who has supported my campaign. Over the course of the last 16 months, I have been privileged and touched to witness the incredible dedication and sacrifice of so many people working for our campaign. Every minute you put into helping us win, every dollar you gave to keep up the fight meant more to me than I can ever possibly tell you.

        On Saturday, I will extend my congratulations to Senator Obama and my support for his candidacy. This has been a long and hard-fought campaign, but as I have always said, my differences with Senator Obama are small compared to the differences we have with Senator McCain and the Republicans.

        I have said throughout the campaign that I would strongly support Senator Obama if he were the Democratic Party's nominee, and I intend to deliver on that promise.

        When I decided to run for president, I knew exactly why I was getting into this race: to work hard every day for the millions of Americans who need a voice in the White House.

        I made you -- and everyone who supported me -- a promise: to stand up for our shared values and to never back down. I'm going to keep that promise today, tomorrow, and for the rest of my life.

        I will be speaking on Saturday about how together we can rally the party behind Senator Obama. The stakes are too high and the task before us too important to do otherwise.

        I know as I continue my lifelong work for a stronger America and a better world, I will turn to you for the support, the strength, and the commitment that you have shown me in the past 16 months. And I will always keep faith with the issues and causes that are important to you.

        In the past few days, you have shown that support once again with hundreds of thousands of messages to the campaign, and again, I am touched by your thoughtfulness and kindness.

        I can never possibly express my gratitude, so let me say simply, thank you.

        Sincerely,
        Hillary Rodham Clinton

  • Tuesday June 3, 2008
    • Senator Obama is the Democrats' nominee-presumptive
      • The "soft" count on The Green Papers now indicates that BARACK OBAMA has received the pledges of enough National Convention delegates to have clinched the Democratic presidential nomination (based on the "sanctioned" count with FLORIDA and MICHIGAN entitled to only 50% of their original allocation); when nominated, Senator Obama will become the first African-American presidential candidate of a Major Party in the USA.
        NOTE:Obama also now has enough delegates, per our "alternative" count, to win the nomination should FLORIDA and MICHIGAN eventually have their full (100%) delegations seated at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this Summer.
    • PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
    • STATE and other FEDERAL OFFICE PRIMARIES
  • Monday June 2, 2008
    • Congressman Albert R. Wynn, Democrat - Maryland CD 4 officially resigned on 31 May 2008 effective 1 June 2008. The Congressman had announced his resignation on 27 March 2008 after loosing his bid for renomination in the Maryland 12 February 2008 primary. Mr. Wynn will become a partner in the Washington law firm Dickstein Shapiro LLP. Governor Martin O'Malley has called a Special Election for Tuesday 17 June 2008 to fill this vacant seat.
      • The Partisan Composition of the U.S. House is now 235 Democrats, 199 Republicans, and 1 vacant seat.
      • The resignation of Democrat Albert R. Wynn from Congress decreases by 1 the number of unpledged PLEO delegates from Maryland to the Democratic National Convention. The Maryland Delegation now has 98 delegate votes.
      • The Democratic Convention now has a total of 4,233 delegate votes with 2,117 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are sanctioned 50% of their delegations - our soft count) and 4,417 delegate votes with 2,209 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are fully seated - our alternative count).
  • Sunday June 1, 2008
  • Saturday 31 May 2008
    • The Democratic Rules and Bylaws meeting re: the seating of the Michigan and Florida Delegations was covered live on C-SPAN.
      • On a motion to restore the Florida Delegation to 100%, the Committee voted 15 opposed, 12 in favor, 1 abstention. The motion failed.
      • On a motion to restore the Florida Delegation to 50% of the state's pledged delegate votes and 50% of their unpledged delegate votes (with a pledged delegate distribution of Clinton 52.5, Obama 33.5, Edwards 6.5), the Committee voted 27 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstention. The motion passed.
      • On a motion to restore the Michigan Delegation to 50% of the state's pledged delegate votes and 50% of their unpledged delegate votes (with a pledged delegate distribution of Clinton 34.5, Obama 29.5), the Committee voted 19 in favor, 8 opposed, 0 abstentions. The motion passed.
      • Clinton advisor Harold Ickes stated that Senator Clinton reserves her right to bring this matter up to the Credentials Committee at the Convention. Hence, we will retain our "alternative" account (which assumes no sanctions) "as-is".
      • The changes above give Florida 211 * 50% = 105.5 delegates and Michigan 157 * 50% = 78.5 delegates. There are now 4,234 delegates with 2,118 needed to nominate.
  • Friday 30 May 2008
  • Wednesday May 28, 2008
    • Michigan Democrats
      • According to the 28 May 2008 data provided by http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/, 4 additional Michigan pledged "uncommitted" delegates intend to cast their ballots for Obama. Accordingly, we have changed our Michigan alternative count from Clinton 80, Uncommitted 37, Obama 23 to Clinton 80, Uncommitted 33, Obama 27. The DNC has sanctioned Michigan 100% of its delegation for violating party rules so the state technically has no delegates. Our alternative count assumes the entire Michigan delegation is seated as elected.
      • 36 Unpledged District Level delegate breakout as of 28 May 2008: Obama: 22. (these delegates appear as part of our "Alternative" tally and are subtracted from the 55 pledged delegates for "uncommitted" elected from the results of the 15 January primary.).
        • CD 8: Irene McDonnell-Cahill - Obama - 28 May 2008
        • CD 8: Griffin Rivers - Obama - 28 May 2008
        • CD 12: Jennifer Miller - Obama - 28 May 2008
        • CD 14: Dan Geb - Obama - 28 May 2008
  • Tuesday May 27, 2008
    • IDAHO PRIMARIES
    • Michigan Democrats
      • According to the 27 May 2008 data provided by http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/, 18 Michigan pledged "uncommitted" delegates intend to cast their ballots for Obama. Accordingly, we have changed our Michigan alternative count from Clinton 80, Uncommitted 55, Obama 5 to Clinton 80, Uncommitted 37, Obama 23. The DNC has sanctioned Michigan 100% of its delegation for violating party rules so the state technically has no delegates. Our alternative count assumes the entire Michigan delegation is seated as elected.
      • 36 Unpledged District Level delegate breakout as of 27 May 2008: Obama: 18. (these delegates appear as part of our "Alternative" tally and are subtracted from the 55 pledged delegates for "uncommitted" elected from the results of the 15 January primary.).
        • CD 1: Miles Baker - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 1: Abby Dart - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 3: Armand Robinson - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 3: Alice Corey - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 4: Mary Bacon - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 4: Robert Ciaffone - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 5: Floyd Clack - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 5: Geraldean Hall - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 6: Mark Miller - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 6: Marletta Seats - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 9: Doris Toney - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 9: Aldo Vagnozzi - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 10: Rose Marie Fessler - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 11: Marian Novak - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 11: Michael Siegrist - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 15: Derrick Jackson - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 15: Christina Montague - Obama - 27 May 2008
        • CD 15: Lynne Schwartz - Obama - 27 May 2008
  • Monday 26 May 2008
  • Sunday 25 May 2008

    • Libertarian National Convention Results - Sunday 25 May 2008

      • Presidential Nomination Voting

      • Round 1. 8 candidates. No candidate received a majority of the vote.
      • Round 2. 6 candidates. No candidate received a majority of the vote.
      • Round 3. 5 candidates. No candidate received a majority of the vote.
      • Round 4. 4 candidates. No candidate received a majority of the vote.
      • Round 5. 3 candidates. No candidate received a majority of the vote.
      • Round 6. BOB BARR of Georgia nominated.
    • Vice Presidential Nomination Voting
      • Round 1. 5 candidates. No candidate received a majority of the vote.
      • Round 2. WAYNE ALLYN ROOT of Nevada nominated.
  • Friday May 23, 2008
    • New Hampshire Democrats
      • According to the 23 May 2008 article below, 2 Edwards pledged delegates intend to cast their ballots for Obama. Accordingly, we have changed our soft pledged count from Obama 10, Clinton 9, Edwards 3 to Obama 12, Clinton 9, Edwards 1. Our hard count remains Obama 9, Clinton 9, Edwards 4 as originally assigned.
        • 23 May 2008 nytimes.com: Two New Hampshire Edwards delegates back Obama . State Senator Peter Burling [pledged PLEO] and high school teacher Deborah [Bacon-]Nelson (CD 2) announced their decision at a news conference Friday morning. In a phone interview before the announcement, Burling told The Associated Press that he and Nelson believe either Obama or Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a superb president, but it came down to "who can win and who could make a better president. We chose Obama because he so clearly understands the American yearning for change", Burling said. "He understands it, he embraces it, and I think he has the leadership to deliver it."
  • Tuesday May 20, 2008
    • Media reports indicate that NEW YORK Governor David A. Paterson has been taken to a New York City hospital for "migraine-like symptoms"; Governor Paterson's scheduled Address at today's Commencement at Columbia University has been canceled.
    • Media reports state Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy (Democrat) has a malignant brain tumor (glioma in the left parietal lobe). He was hospitalized last Saturday after suffering a seizure.
    • PRIMARIES
    • Sunday May 18, 2008
    • Saturday May 17, 2008
      • Media reports state Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy (Democrat) has been taken to a hospital after suffering an apparent seizure.
      • District of Columbia Democrat
        • According to the 17 May 2008 article below, 1 Clinton pledged delegate intends to cast his ballot for Obama. Accordingly, we have changed our soft pledged count from Obama 12, Clinton 3 to Obama 13, Clinton 2. Our hard count remains Obama 12, Clinton 3 as originally assigned.
          • WashingtonCityPaper.com: Jack Throws Support to Obama ... [Jack] Evans [At-Large] announced ... he’s throwing his support behind Barack Obama.... Evans had been a longtime Hillary Clinton supporter, co-chairing her campaign in the District. Earlier this month, he’d been elected by local Democrats to serve as an at-large delegate pledged to Clinton.
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • Nevada Democrats. The pledged delegate count as determined by the final results of the Saturday 17 May 2008 State Convention is Obama 14, Clinton 11.
    • Friday May 16, 2008
      • South Carolina Democrat
        • According to the 16 May 2008 article below, 1 Edwards pledged delegate intends to cast her ballot for Obama. Accordingly, we have changed our soft pledged count from Obama 31, Clinton 12, Edwards 2 to Obama 32, Clinton 12, Edwards 1. Our hard count remains Obama 25, Clinton 12, Edwards 8 as originally assigned.
          • 16 May 2008 Charlotte.com: 7 of 8 SC Edwards' delegates now back Obama ... Marilyn Hemingway [At-Large] and Christine Bond [CD 4, we recorded her as switching on 15 May] confirmed they've joined five other delegates supporting Obama. The remaining delegate, Tim Moore of Barnwell, said he is not yet ready to commit to anyone other than Edwards.
      • Iowa Democrat
        • According to the 16 May 2008 article below, 1 Edwards pledged delegate intends to cast her ballot for Obama. Accordingly, we have changed our soft pledged count from Obama 25, Clinton 14, Edwards 6 to Obama 26, Clinton 14, Edwards 5. Our hard count remains Obama 16, Clinton 9, Edwards 4 as elected at the Distict Conventions. An additional 6 Pledged PLEO and 10 At-Large Delegates will be elected at the Saturday 14 June 2008 Iowa State Democratic Convention.
          • 15 May 2008 ap.google.com: Edwards endorsement pays off for Obama: Arlene Prather-O'Kane, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, said she is a backer of Edwards but "I will support who he is endorsing — which is Barack".
      • Florida Democrat
        • According to the 14 and 15 May 2008 articles below, 2 Edwards pledged delegates intend to cast their ballots for Obama. Accordingly, we have changed our Alternative Soft Total count from Clinton 113, Obama 72, Edwards 13 to Clinton 113, Obama 74, Edwards 11. The Alternative Soft Total assumes that delegates from Florida will actually be seated at the National Convention.
          • 15 May 2008 PalmBeachPost.com: Edwards delegate to support Obama Hobe Sound’s Linda Spisak [CD 16], the only delegate in Southeast Florida pledged to John Edwards, said the endorsement last night of Barack Obama convinced her to support the Illinois senator at the national convention this summer.
          • 14 May 2008 quinnell.us: Pressure on Edwards Delegates to Switch I am choosing to pledge my vote for Obama. I believe he is our presumptive nominee, and Democrats, especially in Florida, cannot waste any more time on the primary. We have to move on to the general election. If we rally together, we will win Florida ... E. Alan Brock [CD 2], Edwards Delegate
    • Thursday May 15, 2008
      • Iowa Democrat
        • According to the 15 May 2008 article below, 1 Edwards pledged delegate intends to cast her ballot for Obama. Accordingly, we have changed our soft pledged count from Obama 24, Clinton 14, Edwards 7 to Obama 25, Clinton 14, Edwards 6. Our hard count remains Obama 16, Clinton 9, Edwards 4 as elected at the Distict Conventions. An additional 6 Pledged PLEO and 10 At-Large Delegates will be elected at the Saturday 14 June 2008 Iowa State Democratic Convention.
          • 15 May 2008 CNN.com: Eight Edwards delegates [1 in IA] now moving to Obama: One Edwards delegate from Iowa, Machelle Crum [CD 3], came out for Obama on Thursday morning ... Crum made the decision after receiving a phone call from Edwards supporters encouraging her to make the switch.
      • South Carolina Democrat
        • According to the 15 May 2008 article below, 6 Edwards pledged delegates intend to cast their ballots for Obama. Accordingly, we have changed our soft pledged count from Obama 25, Clinton 12, Edwards 8 to Obama 31, Clinton 12, Edwards 2. Our hard count remains Obama 25, Clinton 12, Edwards 8 as originally assigned.
          • 15 May 2008 CNN.com: Eight Edwards delegates [6 in SC] now moving to Obama: At least six of John Edwards' pledged delegates in South Carolina will throw their support to Barack Obama following Edwards’ endorsement of the Democratic frontrunner ... Daniel Boan [CD 5], Christine Brennan-Bond [CD 4], Robert Groce [CD 1], Susan Smith [Pledged PLEO], Mike Evatt [CD 3] and Lauren Bilton [At-Large] — all elected as pledged delegates for Edwards following his third place finish in the primary there on January 29 — announced -[Thursday 15 May 2008] they will follow Edwards’ lead and pledge their support to Obama ...
          • There is some confusion as to whether John Moylan and Christine Brennan-Bond are pledged delegates or alternates. Christine Brennan-Bond is pledged and John Moylan is an unpledged delegate according to this document from the South Carolina Democratic Party: South Carolina National Convention Delegates.
      • New Hampshire Democrat
        • According to the 14 May 2008 article below, 1 Edwards pledged delegate intends to cast his ballot for Obama. Accordingly, we have changed our soft pledged count from Obama 9, Clinton 9, Edwards 4 to Obama 10, Clinton 9, Edwards 3. Our hard count remains Obama 9, Clinton 9, Edwards 4 as originally assigned.
          • 14 May 2008 boston.com: NH Edwards delegate announces he's supporting Obama. "A New Hampshire Democratic Party delegate who had supported John Edwards says he will support Barack Obama, now that Edwards has endorsed his former political rival for the party's presidential nominee. Joshua Denton of Portsmouth, 26, an Iraq war veteran, says he thinks that both Obama and Hillary Clinton would be a better president than Republican nominee John McCain."
    • Wednesday May 14, 2008
      • Former Democratic Senator John Edwards endorses Senator Barack Obama for President.
      • Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has resigned. By law, first assistant attorney general, Tom Winters, becomes the new Attorney General until Democratic Governor Ted Strickland appoints a replacement. Each party will name a nominee for a 4 November 2008 special election to fill the remainder of Mr. Dann's term. The next regular election for this office is Tuesday 2 November 2010. On 13 May 2008, Ohio House Democrats filed articles of impeachment against Democratic Attorney General Marc Dann, accusing the state's top lawyer of misconduct and malfeasance in office. Attorney General Marc Dann, who was first elected in 2006, resigned today.
    • Tuesday May 13, 2008
      • MISSISSIPPI
        • Special Election CD 1 Runoff - Winner: Congressman Travis W. Childers (Democrat)
        • The Partisan Composition of the U.S. House is now 236 Democrats and 199 Republicans.
        • The election of Democratic Congressman Travis W. Childers to Congress adds 1 to the number of unpledged PLEO Democratic delegates from Mississippi. The Mississippi Delegation now has 41 delegate votes.
        • The Democratic Convention now has a total of 4,050 delegate votes with 2,026 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are sanctioned - our soft count) and 4,418 delegate votes with 2,210 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are seated - our alternative count).
      • NEBRASKA
      • WEST VIRGINIA
      • Maryland Democrat
        • According to the 13 May 2008 article below, 1 Clinton pledged delegate intends to cast his ballot for Obama. Accordingly, we have changed our soft pledged count from Obama 42, Clinton 28 to Obama 43, Clinton 27. Our hard count remains Obama 42, Clinton 28, Uncommitted 29 as originally assigned.
          • 13 May 2008 Washington Post: Pr. George's Executive Switches To Obama. "Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, a Democratic convention delegate pledged to support Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, said yesterday that he thinks Sen. Barack Obama has 'in a real sense' won the Democratic nomination and that he now plans to support Obama at the August convention."
    • Monday May 12, 2008
    • Wednesday May 7, 2008
    • Tuesday May 6, 2008
    • Sunday May 4, 2008
    • Saturday May 3, 2008
      • Guam Democratic Territorial Convention (Party run primary). Unofficial results show Senator's Obama (50.08%) and Clinton (49.92%) receiving 2 delegate votes each.
      • Lousiana Special Elections for the U.S. House Seats in CD 1 and CD 6.
        • for U.S. House of Representatives:
          • CD 1: Winner: Republican Stephen J. "Steve" Scalise
          • CD 6: Winner: Democrat Donald J. "Don" Cazayoux, Jr.
        • The Partisan Composition of the U.S. House is now 235 Democrats, 199 Republicans, and 1 vacant seat.
        • The election of Democrat Donald J. "Don" Cazayoux, Jr. to Congress adds 1 to the number of unpledged PLEO Democratic delegates from Louisiana. The Louisiana Delegation now has 67 delegate votes.
        • The Democratic Convention now has a total of 4,049 delegate votes with 2,025 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are sanctioned - our soft count) and 4,417 delegate votes with 2,209 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are seated - our alternative count).
    • Tuesday April 29, 2008
    • Saturday April 26, 2008
      • Iowa Democratic District Conventions
      • Constitution Party Presidential Nominating Convention. The party nominated Charles O. "Chuck" Baldwin of Florida for President and Darrell Castle of Tennessee for Vice President. Presidential nomination: Chuck Baldwin 383.8 (nominated); Alan Keyes 125.7; Max Riekse 4.5; Daniel Imperato 1; Susan Duzey 1.
    • Thursday April 24, 2008
    • Tuesday April 22, 2008
      • PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARIES
        • PENNSYLVANIA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
          • Democrats: 158 of 187 National Convention delegates pledged: 55 at-large (Statewide) and 103 by Congressional District; distributed among presidential contenders proportionally with a required minimum threshold of 15% of the vote either Statewide or in a given District.
            Winner: Hillary Clinton
          • Republicans: 61 of 74 National Convention delegates chosen: directly elected in each Congressional District separately from a concomitant Advisory "beauty contest" presidential preference vote Statewide. The delegates so chosen are officially 'Uncommitted' going into the Convention, while the presidential contender with the most votes in the Advisory "beauty contest" is considered to be the winner of the Pennsylvania Republican Presidential Primary.
            Winner: John McCain
        • PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARIES FOR STATE AND OTHER FEDERAL OFFICE
          • for State Treasurer: Democrat--
            Winner: Robert McCord
          • for U.S. House of Representatives:
            • CD 3: Democrat--
              Winner: Kathy Dahlkemper
            • CD 5: Democrat--
              Winner: Mark McCracken
              & Republican--
              Winner: Glen W. Thompson
            • CD 10: Republican--
              Winner: Chris Hackett
            • CD 18: Democrat--
              Winner: Steve O'Donnell
      • Mississippi House CD 1 Special Primary
        • To fill the seat held by former Congressman Roger Wicker who was appointed U.S. Senator on 31 December 2007.
        • If no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the Tuesday 22 April 2008 primary, the two top vote-getters will proceed to a Tuesday 13 May 2008 runoff. The winning candidate will fill the seat until the end of the current Congress in January 2009.
        • This race will be going to runoff between Travis Childers [49%] and Greg Davis [47%]
    • Sunday April 20, 2008
    • Thursday April 17, 2008
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • New Mexico Democratic. The pledged delegate count as determined by the final results of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 Party-run Primary is Clinton 14, Obama 12.
        • Texas Republican. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 4 March 2008 state run Primary is McCain 120, Huckabee 17.
    • Tuesday April 15, 2008
      • Third Party News
        • It is reported that former United Nations Ambassador Alan L. Keyes- an unsuccessful contender for the Republican presidential nomination in both 1996 and 2000 and, most recently, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois in 2004 (he lost to Democrat Barack Obama)- will be announcing, later today, that he will be leaving the Republican Party in order to join the Constitution Party. It is believed that Ambassador Keyes is doing so in order to seek that Party's 2008 presidential nomination.
        • The Constitution Party will be holding its National Convention, 23-26 April 2008, in Kansas City, Missouri. Another contender for that Party's presidential nomination is radio talk show host and pastor Dr. Chuck Baldwin, the Party's 2004 vice-presidential candidate, who formally announced his candidacy on 10 April 2008.
        • NOTE: The Constitution Party is not considered, by 'The Green Papers', to be a 'Major Third Party' because its presidential nominees have never won at least 2/10ths of 1 percent (0.2%) of the Popular Vote in any Presidential Election. In 2004, the Party's presidential candidate- Michael Peroutka- received 0.12% of the vote in that November's Presidential Election.
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • Rhode Island Democratic. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 4 March 2008 state run Primary is Clinton 13, Obama 8.
        • Rhode Island Republican. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 4 March 2008 state run Primary is McCain 13, Huckabee 4.
    • Saturday April 12, 2008
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • North Dakota Democratic. The pledged delegate count as determined by the final results of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 Precinct Caucuses is Obama 8, Clinton 5.
    • Thursday April 10, 2008
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • Vermont Democratic. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 4 March 2008 state run Primary is Obama 9, Clinton 6.
        • Vermont Republican. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 4 March 2008 state run Primary is McCain 17.
    • Wednesday April 9, 2008
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • Maryland Democratic. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 12 February 2008 state run Primary is Obama 42, Clinton 28.
        • Maryland Republican. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 12 February 2008 state run Primary is McCain 37.
    • Tuesday April 8, 2008
      • CALIFORNIA Special Primary: U.S. House of Representatives- CD 12
        • This Special Primary is being held to fill the U.S. House seat left vacant by the death of Congressman Tom Lantos [Democrat] on 11 February 2008; this is an "all-up" Primary in which all candidates run against each other regardless of Party affiliation: if one candidate should receive a majority of the votes (50% + 1 vote) in this Special Primary, that candidate is deemed to have been elected and the vacancy, thus, filled. Otherwise, the top vote getter from each Party will proceed to a Special Election on Tuesday 3 June 2008 which will, then, fill the vacancy.
        • There are 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans and 1 Green Party candidate on the ballot in this Special Primary; in addition, there are write-in campaigns.
        • Democratic Jackie Speier, having received 78% of the vote, is elected.
        • The Partisan Composition of the U.S. House is now 234 Democrats, 199 Republicans, and 2 vacant seats.
        • The election of Democrat Jackie Speier to Congress adds 1 to the number of unpledged PLEO Democratic delegates from California. The California Delegation now has 441 delegate votes.
        • The Democratic Convention now has a total of 4,048 delegate votes with 2,025 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are sanctioned - our soft count) and 4,416 delegate votes with 2,209 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are seated - our alternative count).
      • TEXAS Primary Runoffs
        • for U.S. House of Representatives:
          • CD 22- REPUBLICANS: Pete Olson has defeated Shelley Sekula-Gibbs
          • CD 32- DEMOCRATS: Eric Roberson has defeated Steve Love
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • Massachusetts Republican. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is Romney 22, McCain 18.
        • South Carolina Republican. During November 2007, the RNC made a determination that South Carolina's Saturday 19 January 2008 primary violates Republican Party Rule Number 16 and sanctioned the state 50% of its delegation. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Saturday 19 January 2008 state run Primary is McCain 18 sanctioned / 35 unsanctioned, Huckabee 6 sanctioned / 9 unsanctioned.
    • Saturday April 5, 2008
      • Louisiana Second Special Party Primary (Runoff)
        • for U.S. House of Representatives:
          • U.S. House CD 1
            • Republican: Stephen J. "Steve" Scalise has won with 58.08% of the vote.
          • U.S. House CD 6.
            • Democratic: Donald J. "Don" Cazayoux, Jr. has won with 56.80% of the vote.
            • Republican: Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins has won with 61.94% of the vote.
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • Arkansas Republican. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is Huckabee 29, McCain 1, Romney 1.
        • Delaware Democrat. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is Obama 9, Clinton 6.
        • Delaware Republican. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is McCain 18.
        • Massachusetts Democrat. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is Clinton 55, Obama 38.
        • Mississippi Democrat. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 11 March 2008 state run Primary is Obama 20, Clinton 13.
    • Friday April 4, 2008
    • Tuesday April 1, 2008
      • MISSISSIPPI Primary Runoffs
        • for U.S. House of Representatives:
          • CD 1:
            • Democrats: Travis Childers has defeated Steve Holland
            • Republicans: Greg Davis appears to have defeated Glenn McCullough by a percentage margin of 50.79% to 49.21% with 100% of precincts reporting: unofficially, Davis' winning margin is 525 votes out of 33,135 total votes cast.
          • CD 3:
            • Republicans: Gregg Harper has defeated Charlie Ross
    • Sunday March 30, 2008
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • New Jersey Republican. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is McCain 52.
    • Friday March 28, 2008
      • Vox Populi ... A Letter to the Editor: A Private Dispute by Daniel Larsen
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • Michigan Democrat. On 1 December 2007, the DNC made a determination that Michigan's Tuesday 15 January 2008 primary violates party rules and has decided to strip the state of its delegation. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 29 January 2008 state run Primary is Clinton 0 sanctioned / 73 unsanctioned, Uncommitted 0 sanctioned / 55 unsanctioned.
        • Michigan Republican. On 8 November 2007, the RNC made a determination that Michigan's Tuesday 15 January 2008 primary violates Republican Party Rule Number 16 and sanctioned the state 50% of its delegation. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 15 January 2008 state run Primary is Romney 20 sanctioned / 45 unsanctioned, McCain 7 sanctioned / 10 unsanctioned, Huckabee 3 sanctioned / 2 unsanctioned. The sanctioned count assumes the 1 delegate is allocated WTA per CD and 15 are allocated proportionally statewide. Governor Mitt Romney has "set aside" or suspended his campaign. Per Rule 19E(2) of the Republican Party of Michigan Rules, Romney's delegates have been be reallocated to "uncommitted".
    • Thursday March 27, 2008
      • Congressman Albert R. Wynn, Democrat - Maryland CD 4 resigned effective in June 2008 to become a partner in the Washington law firm Dickstein Shapiro LLP. Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley will have 10 days after the date of the Congressman's resignation to call for a special election or to allow the seat to remain vacant.
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • Florida Democrat. On 5 October 2007, the DNC made a determination that Florida's Tuesday 29 January 2008 primary violates party rules and has decided to strip the state of its delegation. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 29 January 2008 state run Primary is Clinton 0 sanctioned / 105 unsanctioned, Obama 0 sanctioned / 67 unsanctioned, Edwards 0 sanctioned / 13 unsanctioned.
        • Florida Republican. On 8 November 2007, the RNC made a determination that Florida's Tuesday 29 January 2008 primary violates Republican Party Rule Number 16 and sanctioned the state 50% of its delegation. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 29 January 2008 state run Primary is McCain 57 sanctioned / 99 unsanctioned, Romney 0 sanctioned / 15 unsanctioned.
        • Missouri Democrat. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is Clinton 36, Obama 36.
    • Tuesday March 25, 2008
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • New Hampshire Democrat. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 8 January 2008 state run Primary is Clinton 9, Obama 9, Edwards 4.
    • Saturday March 22, 2008
      • Vox Populi ... A Letter to the Editor: Mixing apples with oranges by Byron Brannon
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • Connecticut Democrat. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is Obama 26, Clinton 22.
        • Connecticut Republican. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is McCain 27.
        • New Hampshire Republican. On 8 November 2007, the RNC made a determination that New Hampshire's Tuesday 8 January 2008 primary violates Republican Party Rule Number 16 and sanctioned the state 50% of its delegation. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 8 January 2008 state run Primary is McCain 7 sanctioned / 12 unsanctioned, Romney 4 sanctioned / 7 unsanctioned, Huckabee 1 sanctioned / 2 unsanctioned.
    • Thursday March 20, 2008
    • Wednesday March 19, 2008
    • Tuesday March 18, 2008
      • Adjustments to the 2008 Democratic Delegate Allocation:
        • Michigan: +1 unpledged delegate due to the addition of Mayor Brenda Lawrence of Southfield, Michigan representing the Democratic Mayors. The total number of delegate votes for Michigan is 0 (assuming Michigan is sanctioned - our soft count) and 157 (assuming Michigan is seated - our alternative count).
        • Montana: +1 unpledged delegate due to the addition of John Melcher, a DNC member representing the National Democratic Seniors Coordinating Council. The total number of delegate votes from Montana is now 25.
        • Unassigned: -2 unpledged delegates as the result of the Seniors Coordinating Council vacancy being filled by John Melcher of Montana and the National Conference of Democratic Mayors vacancy being filled by Mayor Brenda Lawrence of Southfield, Michigan. The total number of delegate votes for Unassigned is now 2.
        • The Democratic Convention now has a total of 4,047 delegate votes with 2,024 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are sanctioned - our soft count) and 4,415 delegate votes with 2,208 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are seated - our alternative count).
    • Monday March 17, 2008
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • California Democrat. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is Clinton 204, Obama 166.
        • California Republican. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is McCain 155, Romney 15.
      • Adjustments to the 2008 Democratic Delegate Allocation:
        • New York Governor Eliot L. Spitzer will resign today and Democratic Lieutenant Governor David A. Paterson will be sworn as Governor. Prior to the resignation, both Governor Spitzer and Lieutenant Governor David A. Paterson were unpledged PLEO delegates to the Democratic National Convention: Governor Spitzer, as a sitting Democratic Governor and Lieutenant Governor Paterson as a DNC Member-At-Large.
        • The total number of delegate votes from New York decreases by 1 to 281.
        • The Democratic Convention now has a total of 4,048 delegate votes with 2,025 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are sanctioned - our soft count) and 4,415 delegate votes with 2,208 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are seated - our alternative count).
    • Sunday March 16, 2008
    • Friday March 14, 2008
      • It has been announced that New York State Lieutenant Governor David Paterson will be sworn in, thereby formally succeeding Eliot Spitzer, as Governor of the State at 1 PM Eastern Time (1700 UTC) on Monday 17 March 2008.
    • Thursday 13 March 2008
      • Information for a tentative Florida Democratic Do-over primary.
        • Timeline:
          • Tuesday 3 June Florida Democratic Primary (Ballots must be received at headquarters or a regional office by 7:00 PM)
          • Saturday 14 June - District-Level Delegate Selection Caucuses
          • Friday 20 June - Unpledged Add-On, PLEO, At-Large Selection
          • Saturday 21 June Full Delegation Meeting to elect Chair, Pages, etc.
    • Wednesday March 12, 2008
      • NY Gov Spitzer Resigns, effective next Monday; Lt Gov Paterson to be sworn in at that time.
        • Governor Eliot Spitzer (Democrat-NEW YORK), who has been plagued, over the past couple days, by a scandal involving his having been a customer of a high-priced prostitution ring, announced his resignation from the State's highest office today; his resignation will be effective Monday 17 March 2008, on which date Lieutenant Governor David Paterson will be sworn in as the Empire State's first African-American Governor as well as, it is believed, the first legally blind State Governor in U.S. History.
        • Governor Spitzer, thus, becomes the first Governor of New York State to resign the office since Nelson A. Rockefeller did so on 18 December 1973 (NOTE: Contrary to many references we have already seen in the media, Governor Rockefeller did not resign to become Vice President of the United States [Rockefeller was not nominated to the Vice Presidency by President Gerald R. Ford until 20 August 1974 (Ford did not even become President of the United States until 9 August 1974!) and was not sworn in as Vice President until 19 December 1974, after confirmation by both houses of Congress, as required by the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]; instead, Rockefeller had resigned in order to allow him to take over the Commission on Critical Choices [a Rockefeller family-funded "think tank"] but even moreso so as to advance a possible third attempt to secure the Republican presidential nomination [this time, in 1976: Richard M. Nixon was still President at the time Rockefeller resigned the Governor's chair and Nixon was barred, by the Constitution's 22d Amendment, from seeking a third term; meanwhile, all signs were already pointing to a big Democratic victory in 1974 Midterm Elections as a result of the so-called "Watergate" scandal and Rockefeller, apparently, did not want to risk losing re-election to a fifth term as New York's Governor (which might have adversely affected his status as 1976 "presidential timber")]. President Nixon's subsequent resignation, combined with Ford's elevation to the Presidency, meant that President Ford- not Rockefeller- would be the presidential contender representing the more moderate wing of the Republican Party going into the 1976 presidential campaign, hence Rockefeller's willingness to then accept the Vice-Presidency).
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • Alabama Democrats. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is Obama 27, Clinton 25.
        • District of Columbia Democrats. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 12 February 2008 state run Primary is Obama 12, Clinton 3.
        • District of Columbia Republicans. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 12 February 2008 state run Primary is McCain 16.
        • Illinois Democrats. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is Obama 104, Clinton 49.
        • Illinois Republicans. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is McCain 54, Romney 3.
        • Connecticut Democrats. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is Obama 26, Clinton 22.
        • Connecticut Republicans. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified returns of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is McCain 27.
    • Tuesday March 11, 2008
      • NOTE to our International readers: Most of the United States of America (with the exception of the States of ARIZONA and HAWAII) went on Daylight Savings Time (our what is known as "Summer Time" over much of the globe)- in which local time is advanced one hour ahead of Standard Time- as of 2 AM local Standard Time on Sunday 9 March: thus, you will notice that the times UTC in relation to poll closing times seen in this "Red Zone" throughout most of the rest of this year on this site will be one hour earlier in relation to the same local time as compared to earlier this calendar year in most cases.
      • MISSISSIPPI PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
        • Democrats: 33 of 40 National Convention delegates pledged: 22 by Congressional District; 11 Statewide-- all delegates pledged via Proportional method with 15% of the vote minimum threshold at both levels. Barack Obama has won the MISSISSIPPI Democratic Presidential Primary.
        • Republicans: 36 of 39 National Convention delegates pledged: 12 by Congressional District (3 per CD: highest vote-getter in the district gets all 3); 24 Statewide (Winner Take All if highest vote-getter has majority of the vote; otherwise, Proportional with a 15% of the vote minimum threshold at the Statewide level only). John McCain has won the MISSISSIPPI Republican Presidential Primary.
      • MISSISSIPPI State/local Primary
      • INDIANA 7th Congressional District SPECIAL ELECTION
        • Democrat André Carson has won the Special Election in Indiana CD 7 with an estimated 54% of the vote. He fills the seat vacated upon the death of Congressman Julia M. Carson (his grandmother) on 15 December 2007.
        • The partisan breakdown of the U.S. House is now 233 Democrats, 199 Republicans and 3 vacant seats.
        • The number of unpledged PLEO Democratic delegates from Indiana has changed from 84 to 85. The Democratic Convention has a total of 4,049 delegate votes with 2,025 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are sanctioned - our soft count) and 4,416 delegate votes with 2,209 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are seated - our alternative count).
    • Saturday March 8, 2008
      • Barack Obama has "won" the WYOMING Democratic County Caucuses which began the process of pledging 12 (of 18) Democratic National Convention delegates from that State to presidential contenders.
      • Democrat G. William "Bill" Foster has won the Special Election in Illinois CD 14 with an estimated 53% of the vote. He fills the seat vacated by the 26 November 2007 resignation of Republican Congressman J. Dennis Hastert.
        • The partisan breakdown of the U.S. House is now 232 Democrats, 199 Republicans and 4 vacant seats.
        • The number of unpledged PLEO Democratic delegates from Illinois has changed from 183 to 184. The Democratic Convention has a total of 4,048 delegate votes with 2,025 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are sanctioned - our soft count) and 4,415 delegate votes with 2,208 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are seated - our alternative count).
    • Friday March 7, 2008
    • Wednesday March 5, 2008
      • Senator John McCain of Arizona, now the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican Party for 2008, will be at the White House today where he is expected to receive the endorsement of incumbent President George W. Bush who is acting in his capacity as "titular head" of the Party (the President being the person most recently formally nominated for the Presidency by the GOP back in 2004).
    • Tuesday March 4, 2008
      • "SUPER TUESDAY II" Presidential Primaries
        • Media reports have called all 4 States for Senator John McCain (R-Arizona); by most media-based delegate count estimates (which include endorsements by "Party Leader" delegates [the GOP equivalent of "superdelegates"]), John McCain has clinched the 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination. Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) has announced that he is dropping out of the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination and that he will be giving his support to Senator McCain as the Party's nominee-presumptive.
        • Hillary Clinton, her campaign rejuvenated by her victories tonight, has announced that she is in the Democratic presidential nomination race against Barack Obama for the long haul. There was intense media speculation, prior to these 'Super Tuesday II' Primaries, that- had Senator Clinton not done at all well in said Primaries- her campaign might well be on the verge of folding; obviously, this is not going to happen.
          STATE Party poll closing time
          [Local/UTC]          		 National Convention
          delegates actually
          being pledged
          by "event"          		 Statewide Winner
          (posted as races
          are called)
          OHIO Democrat polls closed 141 [of 162] Clinton
          OHIO Republican polls closed 85 [of 88]
          WTM          		 McCain
          RHODE ISLAND Democrat polls closed 21 [of 33] Clinton
          RHODE ISLAND Republican polls closed 17 [of 20]
          prop          		 McCain
          TEXAS Democrat ALL polls have closed 126 [of 228]
          67 additional
          delegates to be
          pledged via
          Caucus/Convention
          system beginning
          this evening          		 Clinton
          TEXAS Republican ALL polls have closed 137 [of 140]
          WTM/prop          		 McCain
          VERMONT Democrat polls closed 15 [of 23] Obama
          VERMONT Republican polls closed all 17
          WTA          		 McCain

          Democrats are required, by national Party rules, to pledge delegates to presidential contenders proportionally both Statewide and by sub-State District, subject to a contender being required to reach a 15% popular vote threshold in order to qualify for delegates; Republicans, on the other hand, have various methods of pledging delegates to presidential contenders, depending on the State:

          • prop Proportional: delegates are pledged to presidential contenders proportionally both Statewide and by sub-State District, subject to a contender required to reach a particular percentage threshold (which varies from State to State on the Republican side) in order to qualify for delegates.
          • WTA Winner Take All: all National Convention delegates up for grabs go to the Statewide popular vote winner.
          • WTM Winner Take Most: Statewide popular vote winner gains all at-large delegates, but district delegates go to the popular vote winners in each sub-State District (thus, a Statewide loser can still gain delegates in such a State).
          • WTM/prop: Mixed distribution of delegates: the first type (before the forward slash) is applied where a presidential contender gets at least a majority of the vote in the relevant jurisdiction, otherwise National Convention delegates are pledged among presidential contenders in such a way that the loser Statewide or in a sub-State District can still gain delegates.
      • State and Local Primaries
    • Tuesday 4 March 2008
      • Adjustments to the 2008 Democratic Delegate Allocation:
        • Former DNC Chairman Kenneth Curtis, a Distinguished Party Leader, has moved from Maine to Florida. The total number of delegate votes from Maine is now 32 and the total number of delegate votes from Florida, assuming the delegation is seated, is 211.
        • The Democratic Convention now has a total of 4,047 delegate votes with 2,024 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are sanctioned - our soft count) and 4,414 delegate votes with 2,208 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are seated - our alternative count).
    • Monday 3 March 2008
    • Saturday 1 March 2008
      • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
        • New York Democrats. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified results of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is Clinton 139, Obama 93.
        • New York Republicans. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified results of the Tuesday 5 February 2008 state run Primary is McCain 87.
    • Friday 29 February 2008
      • Adjustments to the 2008 Democratic Delegate Allocation:
        • Colorado: -1 DNC member, the total number of delegate votes is now 70.
        • District of Columbia: +1 DNC member, the total number of delegate votes is now 39.
        • Georgia: -1 DNC member, the total number of delegate votes is now 102.
        • Illinois: -1 DNC member, -1 Distinguished Party Leader, the total number of delegate votes is now 183.
        • Maine: -1 Distinguished Party Leader, the total number of delegate votes is now 33.
        • Nevada: +1 DNC member, the total number of delegate votes is now 34.
        • New York: +1 Distinguished Party Leader, the total number of delegate votes is now 282.
        • Ohio: +1 Distinguished Party Leader, the total number of delegate votes is now 162.
        • Oklahoma: +1 DNC member, the total number of delegate votes is now 48.
        • Pennsylvania: -1 DNC member, the total number of delegate votes is now 187.
        • Rhode Island: +1 DNC member, the total number of delegate votes is now 33.
        • The Democratic Convention now has a total of 4,048 delegate votes with 2,025 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are sanctioned - our soft count) and 4,414 delegate votes with 2,208 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are seated - our alternative count).
    • 2008 Primary, Caucus, and Conventions Update
      • Democrats Abroad. The regional pledged delegate count as determined by the results of the 5 February through 12 February 2008 Local Caucuses / Party run Primary is Obama 6, Clinton 3. Each of these pledged delegates will cast one half vote at the national convention. The Saturday 12 April 2008 Global Convention will allocate the 5 remaining pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
      • Virginia Democrats. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified results of the 12 February 2008 state run Primary is Obama 54, Clinton 29.
      • Virginia Republican. The pledged delegate count as determined by the certified results of the Tuesday 12 February 2008 state run Primary is McCain 63. These delegates are pledged to support the winner of the Virginia Republican Primary on the first ballot at the national convention.
    • Thursday 21 February 2008
      • DEMOCRATS ABROAD results announced
        • In a global primary held in various places around the world from Tuesday 5 February through Tuesday 12 February, Barack Obama won some 65 percent of the vote from 'Democrats Abroad', an organization of expatriate Americans recognized by the national Democratic Party US that will be sending 14 delegates to (together casting 7 "delegate votes" at) the Democratic National Convention in Denver scheduled for late August.
        • 9 National Convention delegates- each casting a half vote at the National Convention- were pledged as a result of the Democrats Abroad global primary and it was announced today that these split 5-4 in favor of Obama over Hillary Clinton. This would give Senator Obama 2.5 delegate votes from the Democrats Abroad delegation to Senator Clinton's 2.0.
        • The remaining 5 delegates (hence, the remaining 2.5 delegate votes at the National Convention) will be pledged and chosen at a Democrats Abroad Convention scheduled for this April in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
    • Tuesday 19 February 2008
      • PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES and CAUCUSES
        • re: Republican Primaries in the table below:
          • WTA/Prop: Winner Take All (Congressional District) & Proportional (Statewide).
          • WTM Winner Take Most-- At-large delegates are pledged to the Statewide winner; district delegates are pledged to the winner in each Congressional District (a Statewide loser, therefore, can still gain delegates).
        • All Democratic delegates are pledged proportionally both Statewide and at the district level (depending on the type of delegate), subject to a presidential contender reaching a 15% threshold at the appropriate level.
          • STATE Party Type of "event"
          (if a Primary:
          poll closing time
          [Local/UTC] indicated)          		 National Convention
          delegates actually
          being pledged
          by "event"          		 Statewide Winner
          HAWAII Democrat precinct Caucuses 20 [of 29] Obama
          WASHINGTON Democrat polls closed no delegates pledged
          [Advisory "beauty contest"]          		 Obama
          WASHINGTON Republican polls closed 19 [of 40]
          WTA/Prop          		 McCain
          WISCONSIN Democrat polls closed 74 [of 92] Obama
          WISCONSIN Republican polls closed all 40
          WTM          		 McCain
    • Wednesday February 13, 2008
      • We wish to take a moment to thank our webhosting company, pair Networks, for their assistance in helping us handle the increased network traffic during the period from 4 February to 13 February 2008.
    • Monday February 11, 2008
      • We extend our condolences to the family and friends of Congressman Tom Lantos (Democratic California CD 12) who passed away today at the age of 80 due to complications associated with esophageal cancer.
      • The partisan breakdown of the U.S. House is now 231 Democrats, 199 Republicans and 5 vacant seats.
      • The number of unpledged PLEO Democratic delegates from California has changed from 441 to 440. The Democratic Convention has a total of 4,048 delegate votes with 2,025 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are sanctioned - our soft count) and 4,414 delegate votes with 2,208 needed to nominate (assuming Florida and Michigan are seated - our alternative count).
    • Sunday February 10, 2008
      • MAINE Democratic MUNICIPAL CAUCUSES
        • Municipal Caucuses choose delegates to the State Convention (which will actually pledge 24 [of 34] National Convention delegates later on: no National Convention delegates will be directly pledged via today's caucuses).
        • Barack Obama gained the most State Convention delegates in these caucuses
    • Saturday 9 February 2008
      • Commentary: TWO OF US RIDING NOWHERE ... The Democrats' dilemma as their "superdelegates" now loom larger in the wake of 'Super Duper' Tuesday by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff
      • NOTE: no delegates pledged in the table below simply refers to National Convention delegates not being directly pledged by the votes of participants in the event in question.
          • STATE Party Type of "event"
          (if a Primary:
          poll closing time
          [Local/UTC] indicated)          		 National Convention
          delegates actually
          being pledged
          by "event"          		 Statewide Winner
          KANSAS Republican precinct Caucuses all 39 Huckabee
          LOUISIANA Democrat polls closed 56 [of 66] Obama
          LOUISIANA Republican polls closed 20 [of 47] Huckabee
          NEBRASKA Democrat precinct Caucuses 16 [of 31] Obama
          WASHINGTON Democrat precinct Caucuses no delegates pledged
          [of 78 (of 97)]          		 Obama
          WASHINGTON Republican precinct Caucuses no delegates pledged
          [of 18 (of 40)]
          NOTE: A Primary on
          19 February will pledge
          19 delegates
          other than the above 18          		 McCain
          VIRGIN ISLANDS Democrat Territorial Convention 3 [of 9] "delegate votes"
          represented by 6 persons
          casting 1/2 vote apiece          		 Obama
    • Friday February 8, 2008
      • Michigan Republican Presidential Primary Update:
        • Per Rule 19E(2) of the Republican Party of Michigan Rules for Selection of Delegates and Alternates to the 2008 Republican Convention, the 45 delegates that were previously allocated to Governor Romney will now be deemed "uncommitted" delegates and are therefore not bound to support any particular candidate. The Credentials Committee of the Michigan Republican Party will submit notification to Governor Romney’s campaign. Governor Romney has the right to appeal the Credentials Committee’s determination within five days, but it is our understanding from the Romney campaign that he has no intention to do so.
        • Accordingly, we are moving Romney's 25 delegates from our soft count (assumes sanctions) and 45 delgates from our alternative count (assumes no sanctions) to uncommitted.
    • Thursday February 7, 2008
    • Tuesday February 5, 2008
      • 'SUPER DUPER' TUESDAY Results
        • We wish to take a moment to thank our webhosting company, pair Networks, for their assistance in helping us handle the increased network traffic today....
        • Due to space limitations in what we at The Green Papers call our "Red Zone" (this part of the home page in red type face in which we post breaking news, updates, links to Richard E. Berg-Andersson's brilliant political observations [ahem, ahem... cough, cough ;-)], Primary or Caucus previews and the like), we have provided a chart below in which the winners of each 'Super Duper Tuesday' event will be posted. The links associated with the initials of each Party holding a 5 February delegate distribution "event" in each State, as found in the table below, will take you to our more usual style "Red Zone" Preview of said event.
        • Democrats are required, by national Party rules, to pledge delegates to presidential contenders proportionally both Statewide and by sub-State District, subject to a contender required to reach a 15% popular vote threshold in order to qualify for delegates; Republicans, on the other hand, have various methods of pledging delegates to presidential contenders, depending on the State:
          • AP/DS Advisory Primary with separate Delegate Selection: self-explanatory-- the delegates pledged to presidential contenders are elected as individuals on the ballot; the presidential preference Primary is the so-called "beauty contest", because it does not have anything directly to do with for whom delegates are pledged. (The Statewide winner noted in the chart below will be the winner of the Advisory Primary, however).
          • Prop Proportional: delegates are pledged to presidential contenders proportionally both Statewide and by sub-State District, subject to a contender required to reach a particular percentage threshold (which varies from State to State on the Republican side) in order to qualify for delegates.
          • WTA Winner Take All: all National Convention delegates up for grabs go to the Statewide popular vote winner.
          • WTM Winner Take Most: Statewide popular vote winner gains all at-large delegates, but district delegates go to the popular vote winners in each sub-State District (thus, a Statewide loser can still gain delegates in such a State).
          • WTA/Prop or WTM/Prop: Mixed distribution of delegates: the first type (before the forward slash) is applied where a presidential contender gets at least 2/3 of the vote in the relevant jurisdiction, otherwise National Convention delegates are pledged among presidential contenders proportionally.
        • ndp no delegates pledged: indicates States (in both Parties) that are not actually pledging National Convention delegates to presidential contenders today: the Caucuses elect delegates to higher-tier Conventions which will eventually lead to the pledging of National Convention delegates at a later date.
        • In addition, not all National Convention delegates from each State are up for grabs today: Democrats have "superdelegates" (officially, "Unpledged PLEOs" [Party Leader and Elected Officials]) from each State who are not required to support presidential contenders in any relation to the vote in Primaries, Caucuses or Conventions; Republicans give automatic National Convention delegate seats to State "Party Leaders" (the members of the Republican National Committee and the State Republican Party Chair) who are, in most (though not all) States, officially "Unpledged". Also, in 4 States (ILLINOIS, NEW YORK, TENNESSEE and WEST VIRGINIA), some Republican National Convention delegates are being chosen later on.
          STATE Primary poll
          closing time
          (Local/UTC)          		 Statewide Winner
          (posted as races are called)          		 Statewide Winner
          (posted as races are called)
          Alabama polls closed D: Obama R: Huckabee
          WTM
          Alaska caucuses D: Obama
          ndp          		 R: Romney
          ndp
          Arizona polls closed D: Clinton R: McCain
          WTA
          Arkansas polls closed D: Clinton R: Huckabee
          WTM
          California polls closed D: Clinton R: McCain
          WTM
          Colorado caucuses D: Obama
          ndp          		 R: Romney
          ndp
          Connecticut polls closed D: Obama R: McCain
          WTA
          Delaware polls closed D: Obama R: McCain
          WTA
          Georgia polls closed D: Obama R: Huckabee
          WTM
          Idaho caucuses D: Obama
          ndp          		 no R event (27 May Primary)
          Illinois polls closed D: Obama R: McCain
          AP/DS
          Kansas caucuses D: Obama no R event (9 Feb caucuses)
          Massachusetts polls closed D: Clinton R: Romney
          Prop
          Minnesota caucuses D: Obama R: Romney
          ndp
          Missouri polls closed D: Obama R: McCain
          WTA
          Montana caucuses no D event (3 June Primary) R: Romney
          WTA
          New Jersey polls closed D: Clinton R: McCain
          WTA
          New Mexico 'primary' during
          caucuses          		 D: too close to call no R event (3 June Primary)
          New York polls closed D: Clinton R: McCain
          WTA
          North Dakota caucuses D: Obama
          ndp          		 R: Romney
          WTA/Prop
          Oklahoma polls closed D: Clinton R: McCain
          WTM
          Tennessee polls closed D: Clinton R: Huckabee
          WTM/Prop
          Utah polls closed D: Obama R: Romney
          WTA
          West Virginia State Convention no D event (13 May Primary) R: Huckabee
          WTA
          American Samoa Territorial Caucus D: Clinton no R event (23 February caucuses)
      • ILLINOIS State and Local PRIMARY
        • polling hours: 6 AM local time (1200 UTC) to 7 PM local time (0100 UTC)
        • Primaries that will nominate a Party's candidates in the General Election this coming November will be held on this day; the offices dealt with by 'The Green Papers' for which there will be Primaries today (re: only the Parties listed) are the following (italics indicate an INCUMBENT facing a Primary challenge):
          • United States Senator (Class 2 seat): Republicans
          • U.S. Representative in Congress:
            • CD 1: Democrats
            • CD 3: Democrats; Republicans
            • CD 6: Democrats
            • CD 7: Democrats
            • CD 8: Democrats; Republicans
            • CD 9: Democrats
            • CD 10: Democrats
            • CD 11: Republicans
            • CD 13: Republicans
            • CD 14: Democrats; Republicans
            • CD 18: Republicans
            • CD 19: Democrats
        • In addition, a Special Primary is being held in CD 14 concurrently with the regular Primary noted above- re: both Democrats and Republicans- for the purpose of nominating candidates for the Special Election scheduled for Saturday 8 March 2008 to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of former Speaker of the House Dennis J. Hastert (Republican) on 26 November 2007.
    • 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.