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New York 2008 presidential primary and superdelegates

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This page is part of the Superdelegate Transparency Project, a collaboration of citizen journalists, LiteraryOutpost, OpenLeft, DemConWatch, HuffPost's OffTheBus and the Congresspedia community to build an open-source tally and informational resource on the 2008 Democratic superdelegates. (More about superdelegates.)

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Contents

1 Primary elections
- 1.1 Democratic presidential primary
2 Delegate count
- 2.1 Total number of delegates
- 2.2 Wobbler and leaner superdelegates
3 Articles and resources

Primary elections

Democratic presidential primary

The New York Democratic presidential primary election took place on Feb. 5th, 2008.

See also the 2008 federal election calendar (U.S.) and the embeddable Google calendar of the presidential primary dates and the congressional primary dates.

Delegate count

This chart shows the delegates to the Democratic National Convention in August 2008, who will elect the Democratic nominee for president. Listed are "pledged delegates" - those who were elected through the state's caucuses or primaries - and the "superdelegates" - those who are delegates by virtue of their party or elected office.

Learn more about superdelegates.
Help update and expand this chart.

Delegate allotments for At-Large and PL/EO delegate types are both based on statewide totals. Therefore, the statewide totals need only be listed in the 'At-Large' row

New York's Democratic Delegates

Congressional District or Affiliation

Clinton Vote^[1]

Obama Vote^[1]

Other Vote^[1]

Pledged Clinton^[1]

Pledged Obama^[1]

Superdelegate

Superdelegate Status

Agrees w/ voters?

Accepted Donation(s) From

Donation Amount

1

25,274

13,836

1,127

3 +1

2

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

2

30,127

16,906

1,103

3 +1

2

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

3

28,828

11,676

1,304

4

1

Republican

n/a

n/a

4

30,765

22,810

1,656

3 +1

2

Carolyn McCarthy

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

5

40,402

16,152

1,045

4 +1

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

6

33,908

43,317

576

2 +1

3

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

No

7

41,089

24,687

838

3 +1

2

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

8

54,885

42,415

2,217

3 +1

3

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

9

38,769

14,848

1,489

4 +1

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

10

37,717

52,586

864

2 +1

3

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

No

11

40,828

53,775

1,282

3 +1

3

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

No

12

42,206

23,911

898

3 +1

2

Nydia Velazquez

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

13

27,033

14,481

1,409

3

2

Republican

n/a

n/a

14

55,379

41,995

1,637

3 +1

3

Carolyn Maloney

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

15

60,573

53,165

1,306

3 +1

3

Charles B. Rangel

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

16

44,870

20,932

448

3 +1

2

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

17

40,810

35,196

1,977

3 +1

2

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

18

43,046

32,695

2,094

3 +1

3

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

19

29,301

22,372

1,673

3 +1

2

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

Clinton, Obama

$5,000 from Clinton, $1,000 from Obama^[3]

20

25,246

16,702

1,383

3 +1

2

Kirsten Gillibrand

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

Clinton, Obama

$10,000 from Clinton, $2,500 from Obama^[3]

21

40,854

23,012

2,247

4 +1

2

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

22

29,690

24,600

1,841

3 +1

2

Maurice Hinchey

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

23

25,447

9,563

1,201

4

1

Republican

n/a

n/a

24

30,049

15,287

2,002

3 +1

2

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

Clinton, Obama

$10,000 from Clinton, $5,000 from Obama^[3]

25

32,280

18,728

1,329

3

2

Republican

n/a

n/a

26

30,148

15,386

1,523

3

2

Republican

n/a

n/a

27

45,726

19,256

3,121

4 +1

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

28

34,714

34,260

1,881

3 +1

2

Louise Slaughter

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

29

28,532

16,470

1,464

3

2

Republican

n/a

n/a

At-Large Pledged

1,068,496

751,019

42,930

30

21

PL/EO Pledged

18

12

Dem. Governor

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

Dem. Senator

1

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

Obama

$4,200^[3]

Dem. Senator

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

DNC

1

Marianne Spraggins

Barack Obama ^[2]

No

DNC

1

Hillary Clinton^[2]^[4]

Yes

DNC

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

DNC

1

Hillary Clinton^[5]

Yes

DNC

1

Robert Zimmerman

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

DNC

1

Roberto Ramirez

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

DNC

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

DNC

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

DNC

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

DNC

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

DNC

1

Randi Weingarten

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

DNC

Undeclared ^[6]

DNC

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

DNC

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

DNC

1

Richard Schaffer

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

DNC

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

DNC

1

Reginald LaFayette

Hillary Clinton ^[7]

Yes

Distinguished Party Leader

George Mitchell

Undeclared ^[6]

Distinguished Party Leaders

1

Hillary Clinton ^[2]

Yes

Add-On Unpledged

1

Hillary Clinton^[8]

Yes

Add-On Unpledged

1

Hillary Clinton^[8]

Yes

Add-On Unpledged

1

Virginia Fields

Hillary Clinton^[8]

Yes

Add-On Unpledged

1

Hillary Clinton^[8]

Yes

Totals:

	Hillary Clinton	Barack Obama	Undeclared	Total
Total superdelegate endorsements:	46 (0 wobblers)	1 (0 wobblers)	2 (0 wobbling Clinton, 0 wobbling Obama)	49
Total pledged delegates	139	93	n/a	232
Grand delegate total	185	94	2	281

Delegates in the following two categories are pledged delegates

"At-Large Pledged" delegates are pledged delegates and are apportioned according to the statewide popular vote.

"PL/EO Pledged" delegates are also apportioned according to the statewide popular vote but are selected from a pool of party leaders and elected officials.

Delegates in the following five categories are all unpledged superdelegates

"Dem. Governor" delegates are sitting Democratic governors.

"Dem. Senator" delegates are sitting Democratic senators.

"DNC" delegates are party officials.

"Distinguished Party Member" delegates are former Democratic Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Speakers of the House, Minority or Majority leader of either house of Congress, Governors, or DNC Chairmen.

"Add-On Unpledged" delegates are [To Be Determined].

You may use this list to confirm that the correct number of delegates and superdelegates are represented on the table.

Total number of delegates

New York receives a total of 281 delegates^[9] ^[10]

232 pledged delegates
- 151 district-level delegates
- 51 at-large delegates
- 30 party leaders/elected officials
49 unpledged (superdelegate) delegates
- 17 Democratic National Committee members
- 25 members of Congress
- 1 Democratic Governor
- 2 Distinguished Party Leader
- 4 Add-on unpledged delegates

Wobbler and leaner superdelegates

The list of "wobbler" and "leaner" superdelegates helps predict shifts as they change or hedge their endorsements. Click on a superdelegate's name in the main state chart above to see more details about their endorsement status.

Articles and resources

See also

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 "New York Democratic Delegation 2008," TheGreenPapers.com, Accessed March 23, 2008.
↑ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 ^2.14 ^2.15 ^2.16 ^2.17 ^2.18 ^2.19 ^2.20 ^2.21 ^2.22 ^2.23 ^2.24 ^2.25 ^2.26 ^2.27 ^2.28 ^2.29 ^2.30 ^2.31 ^2.32 ^2.33 ^2.34 ^2.35 ^2.36 ^2.37 ^2.38 ^2.39 ^2.40 DemConWatch's Superdelegate Endorsement List, as of March 12, 2008.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 CapitaleEye.com, "Money to Superdelegates," Accessed March 11, 2008.
↑ Sam Roberts, "A Clinton Victory, Certified", City Room at The New York Times, February 27, 2008
↑ Superdelegate endorsements for Monday 6/2, DemConWatch, June 2, 2008
↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DCW_Undeclared
↑ Glenn Blain, "Clinton’s Westchester operation rolls along", Politics on the Hudson, January 29, 2009
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 "Four New York Automatic Delegates Back Hillary" press release from HillaryClinton.com, May 1, 2008
↑ Chart from the Democratic National Committee's website (direct pdf link).
↑ NY Governor Eliot Spitzer Resigns, DemComWatch, March 12, 2008.

External resources

DemConWatch - Best source for superdelegate endorsement info.
USAToday Election Central - Probably the best resource for votes. Pledged PL/EOs and At-Large delegates are shown at the bottom.
WashingtonPost.com - Adobe Acrobat document with full listing of superdelegates broken out by state and then type.
CapitalEye - Lists campaign contributions in last cycle.
PoliticalIndex.com - State political party links (the Washington Post link above should give complete information. However, if you need to follow up, try these links.
Politico.com - politico.com's page showing superdelegate status. If you click on the '+' icon for any state/territory, the list will expand and show the commitments. WARNING - This should not be considered a valid source for updating the table. It is however useful as a reference for finding source material. For instance, you can use a Google's news search to confirm a superdelegate's status as it is shown on politico.com.
PoliticalResources.com - Links to Secretary of State offices (for official election results).
Wikipedia's page on superdelegates - This list may supplement the info available at DemConWatch. Watch out for unsourced information, though.

External articles

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