Clinton maintains 23-21 delegate advantage over Sanders in Sat. Iowa Count

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Tom Watson ?@tomwatson Mar 13

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This is from yesterday. seems they are done fighting at the county level with Hillary slight ahead. Correct me if I am wrong.


Important news from #Iowa - Clinton campaign successfully fought off challenge of caucus results.

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Clinton Maintains Iowa Delegate Win In County Conventions
March 13th, 2016
Clinton Maintains Iowa Delegate Win In County Conventions

Hillary Clinton’s campaign fought off a tough effort by Bernie Sanders’ operation in county conventions throughout the state to determine the next round of delegates that eventually end up at the national convention. At the end of the day, Clinton stood at 704 state delegates and Sanders had 700. That’s a slight improvement for both from caucus night’s final results, when Clinton had 700.47 and Sanders received 696.92.

The big prize both campaigns sought was the 5th statewide delegate. In addition to assigning national delegates by congressional district, Iowa also has 9 statewide delegates. Because of Clinton’s narrow win on caucus night, those split in her favor 5-4. The closeness led to fierce competition around the state on Saturday as Sanders tried to pick up just a handful more state delegates here and there to move ahead.

Sanders was unsuccessful in that effort, and the projected national delegate count remained the same both on the statewide level and by congressional district. Clinton still has a 23-21 advantage from Iowa.

Counties’ delegate totals only fluctuated slightly for the most part as both Sanders and Clinton supporters showed up in large numbers at their county conventions. Few places reported instances of delegates and alternates not showing up to the county meetings, which is usually how the counts can shift.

In Johnson County, John Deeth reported Clinton gained one state delegate over caucus night. ................


Polk County emerged as ground zero for the delegate fight. The convention started at 9 AM and did not let out until well after 8 PM. Credentials checks, recounts after recounts and a reportedly poorly-run process by the Polk County Democrats turned the day into a catastrophe. Tempers flared repeatedly and members of the audience openly called for Polk County Democrats Chair Tom Henderson’s resignation. Clinton ended up winning 115 delegates to Sanders’ 113 there, less than her advantage on caucus night, but only after an initial (and apparently inaccurate) count showed Sanders had more delegates in the room. Starting Line will have a larger post on the Polk County mess later.

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Clinton maintaining her delegate advantage was by no means a given....................

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