Today is the deadline for Democratic presidential candidates to file with the state Board of Elections to get on the New York ballot, and Barack Obama’s campaign just announced that he has qualified for a full slate of delegates.
Here’s the slate, and the lists of delegates for Obama and Edwards.
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Boy, are the New York Democrats looking forward to the convention.
Here’s an email from Jonathan Rosen about hotel assignments for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver:
Dear Usual Suspects,Remember that moment when you found out your dorm assignment and the name of your roommate. Me too. Brett Read More
The names are still trickling in…
A Democratic source sends over the a list of people the Hillary Clinton campaign wants as delegates from the 9th congressional district, which includes Queens and Brooklyn. It includes: Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, City Councilwoman Melinda Katz, who is running for comptroller, James Conigliaro, head of Read More
Here’s part of one petition circulating on Manhattan’s East Side for people running to be Hillary Clinton delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver next year.
(The names of the delegates on this list were ones chosen by the campaign even though anybody, technically, can run.)
The jostling for New York’s official Democratic convention delegate spots has been quietly playing out in political circles here for some time. And since a Hillary Clinton win in New York is kind of a foregone conclusion, it’s really a contest to be named by her campaign.
Officially, delegates have to run and Read More
