New Mexico to Hillary - So What About Those Super Delegates?

Note: You can also follow the New Mexico Super Delegates at the Super Delegate Transparency Project.

If you say you knew what a super delegate was before this year's Democratic Presidential race... you're either lying or you are a legendary political junkie.  Or maybe you were once a super delegate yourself.

And many of those who now know about the existence of super delegates still do not know who are super delegates and how one becomes a super delegate.  To become a super delegate, you must be a current or former elected officeholder or a DNC party official.  So who are the super delegates in New Mexico and who do they support?

Go below the fold to see.

Crossposted at New Mexico FBIHOP

Before I go on, I should note, any pledges of support from super delegates  can change before the August convention in Denver.  So keep that in Hillary Clintonmind.

Governor Bill Richardson, Senator Jeff Bingaman and Representative Tom Udall are the three current officeholders.  They all hold super delegate votes and all three have yet to announce who they will vote for.  The same can be said for Democratic State Party Chairman Brian Colon.  It can Barack Obamareasonably be assumed they will more likely vote for Clinton since she won New Mexico.

But other DNC party members have backed Clinton.  Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish, Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez, former Speaker of the House Raymond Sanchez, State Party Vice Chairwoman Annadelle Sanchez, Las Cruces' Mary Gail Gwaltney and President of the American Federation of Teachers - New Mexico Christine Trujillo.   all have said they support Hillary Clinton.  All pledged their support for Clinton before the voting nine days ago.

Former Oklahoma US Senator Fred R Harris is the only super delegate to back Barack Obama.  His support also came before the vote; he gets his super delegate vote since he is both a former US Senator and the former DNC Chairman.

One final super delegate will be chosen by Colon, thanks to his authority as State Party Chairman, on April 26.

So where does the delegate count sit in New Mexico?  Based on the results from New Mexico on Tuesday (or earlier today if you will), Clinton earned fourteen delegates and Obama earned twelve.  Adding in the support of super delegates (who can, as I said, change their minds) Clinton leads 20-13, with five still undecided.




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