Obama Gets Another Superdelegate
by SusanG
Sat May 17, 2008 at 01:50:09 PM PDT
On a slow news day -- aside from hoping to hear more positive news about Senator Kennedy's condition -- let's check in with Obama's latest announced superdelegate:
CHICAGO, IL—Maryland superdelegate Greg Pecoraro endorsed Senator Barack Obama today, pledging to support Obama at this summer’s Democratic National Convention. Pecoraro’s endorsement brings Obama’s superdelegate total to 295.5. Obama is now 119.5 total delegates from the nomination.
Pecoraro is a city councilmember in Westminster, Maryland, where he serves as chairman of the Committee on Economic Development and Community Affairs, vice chair of the Finance Committee, and co-chair of the Special Committee on Growth and Annexation. He has also served as an assistant to U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and Maryland State Treasurer Lucille Maurer.
Update: And as readers point out, Kid from Vegas has a diary pointing to an Inside Nevada Politics showing a Nevada delegate gain for Obama:
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama succeeded in driving more supporters to the Nevada state convention than his opponent U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, who had won the state in the Jan. 19 caucuses. Obama essentially reversed Clinton's lead from the caucuses, capturing 55 percent of the state delegates to Clinton's 45 percent.
The heavy turnout earned Obama one more delegate to the national convention, than previously expected based on the caucus results.
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