Arizona Democratic Delegation 2008

The Green Papers
2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Arizona Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 5 February 2008¹
Regional Caucuses: Saturday 8 March 2008
State Convention: Saturday 19 April 2008

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Soft Pledged	Soft Unpledged (source)	Soft Total	Hard Total
Clinton, Hillary Rodham	`229,501 50.37%`	`31.0 55.36%`	`4.0 36.36%`	`35.0 52.24%`	`31.0 46.27%`
Obama, Barack	`193,126 42.39%`	`25.0 44.64%`	`3.0 27.27%`	`28.0 41.79%`	`25.0 37.31%`
Edwards, John	`23,621 5.18%`
Richardson, William B. "Bill", III	`2,842 0.62%`
Kucinich, Dennis J.	`1,973 0.43%`
Whitehouse, Sandy	`632 0.14%`
Dodd, Christopher J. "Chris"	`484 0.11%`
Dobson, Edward	`398 0.09%`
Gravel, Mike	`340 0.07%`
Grayson, Richard	`322 0.07%`
Krueger, Karl Everett	`291 0.06%`
See, Chuck	`249 0.05%`
Campbell, William	`248 0.05%`
Lynch, Frank	`248 0.05%`
Hubbard, Libby	`209 0.05%`
Oatman, Michael	`192 0.04%`
Lee, Rich	`162 0.04%`
Bollander, Peter "Simon"	`154 0.03%`
Vitullo, Evelyn L.	`132 0.03%`
Tanner, Philip	`130 0.03%`
Haymer, Tish	`107 0.02%`
Daley, Orion	`98 0.02%`
Montell, Leland	`94 0.02%`
Gest, Loti	`82 0.02%`
Uncommitted					`11.0 16.42%`
(available)			`4.0 36.36%`	`4.0 5.97%`
Total	`455,635 100.00%`	`56.0 100.00%`	`11.0 100.00%`	`67.0 100.00%`	`67.0 100.00%`

Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary,
Polling hours 6:00a MST (1300 UTC) to 7:00p MST (0200 UTC).
Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary

67 total delegate votes - 37 district / 12 at large; 7 Pledged PLEOs; 10 Unpledged PLEOs; 1 Unpledged add-on

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ARIZONA Democratic PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Tuesday 5 February 2008

56 of 67 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Arizona Presidential Primary: 37 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of Arizona's 8 Congressional Districts; 19 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.

Arizona Delegate Selection Plan for the 2008 Democratic National Convention - Issued March 2007

Here is how we compute the delegate count (based on certified returns from an official source):

A candidate must receive 15% or more of the total popular vote to qualify for delegates. Discard votes cast for those candidates who do not qualify. Clinton and Obama have qualified for delegates.
Allocate Congressional District delegates from the qualified vote in each district. Allocate Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates using the state-wide qualified vote.
In each jurisdiction (CD and statewide):

Total qualified vote = total votes cast for the qualifying candidates in the jurisdiction.
Allocation = (delegates for the jurisdiction) � (candidate's popular vote) � (total qualified vote).
Assign each candidate the WHOLE NUMBER of delegates.
If delegates remain, allocate each of the remaining delegates to those candidates with the LARGEST REMAINDERS.

Contest				Clinton			Obama
�	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del
CD1	59,691	54,314	5	29,038	2.673	3	25,276	2.327	2
CD2	63,466	57,359	5	34,694	3.024	3	22,665	1.976	2
CD3	54,402	49,538	5	26,132	2.638	3	23,406	2.362	2
CD4	38,068	35,707	3	19,379	1.628	2	16,328	1.372	1
CD5	55,182	51,500	5	24,963	2.424	2	26,537	2.576	3
CD6	52,762	48,737	4	26,904	2.208	2	21,833	1.792	2
CD7	54,596	51,580	4	30,175	2.340	2	21,405	1.660	2
CD8	77,468	73,892	6	38,216	3.103	3	35,676	2.897	3
PLEO	455,635	422,627	7	229,501	3.801	4	193,126	3.199	3
At-Large	455,635	422,627	12	229,501	6.516	7	193,126	5.484	5
Delegates	�	�	56	�	�	31	�	�	25

Unpledged delegates as of
29 January 2008: Clinton: 3, Obama: 2
2 February 2008: Clinton: 4, Obama: 2
27 April 2008: Clinton: 4, Obama: 3

Tuesday 5 February 2008: 56 of 67 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Arizona Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.

37 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of Arizona's 8 Congressional Districts.

CD 1: 5
CD 2: 5
CD 3: 5
CD 4: 3
CD 5: 5
CD 6: 4
CD 7: 4
CD 8: 6

In addition, 19 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
- 12 at-large National Convention delegates
- 7 Pledged PLEOs

Saturday 8 March 2008: District Caucuses meet. Each Caucus chooses the district delegates to the Democratic National Convention based on presidential preference.

These caucuses choose the 37 district delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Such district National Convention delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders in proportion to the percentage of the support each candidate received in the Presidential Primary- a mandatory 15 percent threshold being required for such allocation.

Saturday 19 April 2008: State Convention

The remaining 11 National Convention delegates consist of

10 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

5 Democratic National Committee members.
4 Members of Congress (0 Senators and 4 Representatives).
1 Governor.
0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

1 Unpledged "add-on" (selected during the State Convention).

These 11 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Congressional Districts

ARIZONA
Congressional Districts re: Counties

Counties	District(s)
Apache	CD 1
Cochise	CD 8
Coconino	CDs 1 & 2
Gila	CD 1
Graham	CD 1
Greenlee	CD 1
La Paz	CDs 2 & 7
Maricopa	CDs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
Mohave	CD 2
Navajo	CDs 1 & 2
Pima	CDs 7 & 8
Pinal	CDs 1, 6, 7 & 8
Santa Cruz	CDs 7 & 8
Yavapai	CD 1
Yuma	CD 7

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution Links to State Constitutions
	• Arizona Constitution
Election Authority
	• Citizens Clean Elections Commission
	• Secretary of State - Elections
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• Arizona House of Representatives
	• Arizona State Senate
Democratic
	• Arizona Democratic Party
Media & others
	• Arizona Capitol Times - Phoenix
	• Arizona Daily Star - Tucson
	• Arizona Daily Sun - Flagstaff
	• Casa Grande Valley Newspapers
	• DC's Political Report - Arizona
	• East Valley Tribune - Mesa
	• KGUN TV - ABC - Tucson
	• Kingman Daily Miner
	• KOLD TV - CBS - Tucson
	• Payson Roundup
	• PHXnews.com - Phoenix
	• Politics1.com - Arizona
	• Prescott Newspapers Online
	• Sedona Red Rock News
	• Sierra Vista Herald
	• Sonoran News - Cave Creek
	• The Daily Dispatch - Douglas
	• The Flagstaff Navajo-Hopi Observer
	• The Navajo Times - Window Rock
	• The Republic - Phoenix
	• The Sun - Yuma
	• Today's News-Herald - Lake Havasu City
	• Tucson Citizen

¹ Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

ARIZONA Democratic PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Tuesday 5 February 2008

ARIZONACongressional Districts re: Counties

ARIZONA
Congressional Districts re: Counties