Iowa District Convention Results April, 26, 2008

[Adelante]

Total delegates including alternates:

Clinton 9
Edwards 4
Obama 21

IDP ANNOUNCES RESULTS FROM TODAY’S DISTRICT CONVENTIONS


Des Moines – The Iowa Democratic Party held its District Conventions today and Democrats elected 29 delegates and 5 alternates to represent Iowa at the National Democratic Convention in Denver. Iowa’s national delegation will consist of 57 delegates and 8 alternates. The District Conventions took place in Dubuque, Mount Vernon, West Des Moines, Boone, and Council Bluffs.

Chart of results here:

http://iowademocrats.org/

[Debi]

1. Thanks for posting this - we didn't get home until midnight from 1st District

Convention (and we left early) (Obama 3, Clinton 2, Edwards 1 - Obama 1 Alternate)


http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2008/04/27/news/politics/10302371.txt


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Clinton Midwest chairman Jerry Crawford said Obama's loss of a delegate in eastern Iowa's 1st District shows Clinton gaining after her win in the Pennsylvania primary. "What we saw in Pennsylvania, which was the momentum shifting to Sen. Clinton and away from Sen. Obama, seems to have been at work today in Iowa as well," Crawford said.

A top Democrat, however, said the fact that support for the candidates changed little since the party's county conventions in March shows no one gaining much momentum. Former state Democratic chairman Dave Nagle of Cedar Falls said the results show Obama remains strong and Clinton is hanging on. Nagle said the fact one Obama delegate went to former candidate John Edwards instead of Clinton "is kind of a wash." "The Clinton people are looking for anything to hang their hat on," Nagle said. Superdelegates who remain undecided didn't get much help from the convention results, Nagle said.

"I think that they're going to have to look elsewhere for guidance because Iowa basically remains unchanged since the county conventions," Nagle said.

There are still 16 pledged delegates to be selected at the state convention on June 14 in Des Moines. Based on results from the county and district conventions, Obama has enough strength to capture eight of those, leaving five for Clinton and three for Edwards. If that holds, that would give Obama 24 of the state's pledged delegates going into the national convention, followed by Clinton with 14 and Edwards with seven.

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[Adelante]

2. That's kind of confusing

Clinton's camp is claiming momentum for her based on a shift of one delegate from Obama to Edwards? Weird. Do you know if Clinton's supporters assisted any in making Edwards viable or anything? I'm trying to understand what went down with this. Thanks, Debi.

[Debi]

3. You're dead on. Clinton supporters moved to Edwards after the first alignment

in order to make Edwards viable moving that one delegate from Obama to Edwards - and Clinton supporters are claiming that a victory (the Edwards delegate probably promised the Clinton folks that she would switch to Clinton at the National Convention).

[Adelante]

5. Thanks

That explains it.

[TheDoorbellRang]

13. Now that's some spin! The Edwards delegate stayed with Edwards

and didn't move to Obama as expected from the district convention results. Now translated as Obama "lost" a delegate and Clinton gaining momentum. :crazy:

[Debi]

14. Well, had the Clinton supporters not gone to Edwards to make him viable

then the Edwards supporters would have had to go to Clinton or Obama. By the numbers if they had all gone to Clinton SHE would have gotten the extra delegate (THAT might have been seen as a win). Instead her supporters went to Edwards which really seems more of a wash.

[derby378]

4. Any word on resolutions at the district conventions?

Just curious...

[Debi]

6. Unfortunately we left the First District Convention before the platform was completed

I don't know what happened at the other four conventions - we're you looking for something specific? I can ask around or you can head over to the IA Forum - IA Duers have been asked to check in over there.

[derby378]

7. Nothing specific, really, but...

...I was wondering if anyone took the "No Pardon for Bush" resolution and ran with it like the 16th Senatorial District did in Texas. Now that resolution is headed for the State Convention in Austin this coming June, and I can't wait for this to hit the floor.

[Debi]

9. I don't know - an investigation/impeachment plank was in the First District

but we left before it was brought to the floor. I hope to hear more from the other districts this week.

[Debi]

8. Here' another article on it -

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008804270336

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But Obama received three of his total Saturday in Iowa's 1st Congressional District, where he was expected to receive four, based on projections from the county conventions.

Obama slipped by one delegate because Edwards had sufficient support in the district, where he was not expected to receive any delegates.

Edwards, who finished second in the caucuses, was also expected to receive no delegates in the 4th District, where he received none Saturday.

The shift was aided by Clinton supporters who agreed to support Edwards at the convention. Clinton had dispatched veteran Iowa organizer Teresa Vilmain, who ran Clinton's third-place Iowa caucus campaign, to the convention in Dubuque.

Crawford said Clinton supporters crossed over to boost Edwards' totals and deny Obama the fourth delegate.

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[Adelante]

10. Not that it's an unusual thing, right?

I didn't remember ever hearing a campaign claim "momentum" for doing it, though.

[BalancedGoat]

12. They're grabbing at anything they can right now.

What surprises me is that someone in her camp knew that math well enough to pull it off.

(Sorry, couldn't resist)

[Debi]

15. Yeah, deals are struck all the time - it's nothing new

But moving one delegate, that is 'supposedly' going to Obama, over to Edwards isn't a BIG WIN - it's a neutral move.

Does anyone know NOW how many national delegates Edwards has now? Is it enough to make any impact at national convention?

[BalancedGoat]

17. According to Wikipedia...

... the estimate is around 17 to 19. Don't know if that takes into account the shifts in Iowa. So, not enough to really make much of a difference.

[Debi]

18. Thanks, unless this race gets any tighter those delegates won't change

the final outcome. Now, if he had 200 delegates Edwards could do something, but 17 to 19? I doubt it.

[Tom Rinaldo]

16. Not unusual, well executed, but claiming momentum is pure spin n/t

[flpoljunkie]

11. Thanks, Wesdem!