Nebraska Democratic Delegation 2008

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2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Nebraska Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Precinct Caucus: Saturday 9 February 2008¹
Advisory Primary: Tuesday 13 May 2008
County Conventions: Sunday 1 June - Tuesday 10 June 2008
State Convention: Friday 20 June - Sunday 22 June 2008

Candidate	Caucus Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Caucus Popular Vote	Hard Total	Floor Vote
Obama, Barack Hussein	`25,986 67.53%`	`16.0 51.61%`	`28.0 90.32%`
Clinton, Hillary Rodham	`12,396 32.21%`	`8.0 25.81%`	`3.0 9.68%`
Uncommitted	`99 0.26%`	`7.0 22.58%`
Edwards, John Reid
(available)
Total	`38,481 100.00%`	`31.0 100.00%`	`31.0 100.00%`

Delegate Selection: Caucus/Convention,
Polling hours 8:00a CDT (1300 UTC) / 7:00a MDT (1300 UTC) to 8:00p CDT (0100 UTC) / 7:00p MDT (0100 UTC). The polls open and close at the same GMT/UTC time, that is, polls open and close at a particular local time in the advanced time zone and open and close one hour earlier local time in the lagging time zone.
Voter Eligibility: Modified Caucus

31 total delegate votes - 16 district / 5 at large; 3 Pledged PLEOs; 6 Unpledged PLEOs; 1 Unpledged add-on

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Tuesday 13 May 2008 Advisory DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY: Barack Obama wins; NOTE: National Convention delegates are being pledged via a Caucus/Convention procedure that began with local Caucuses back on 9 February

NEBRASKA PRIMARY returns from an official source

Here is how we compute the delegate count (based on preliminary caucus results from a party source as of 10 February 2008):

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				Obama			Clinton			Uncommitted			Other
	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del
CD1	15,414	15,329	6	10,041	3.930	4	5,288	2.070	2	85
CD2	15,961	15,961	6	12,252	4.606	5	3,709	1.394	1
CD3	7,295	7,281	4	3,833	2.106	2	3,448	1.894	2	14
At-Large	38,670	38,571	5	26,126	3.387	3	12,445	1.613	2	99
PLEO	38,670	38,571	3	26,126	2.032	2	12,445	0.968	1	99
Delegates			24			16			8

Unpledged delegates as of
29 January 2008: Edwards: 1, Obama: 1
31 January 2008: Obama: 1
9 February 2008: Obama: 3
12 February 2008: Obama: 4
19 April 2008: Obama: 5
26 April 2008: Obama: 6

NEBRASKA DELEGATE SELECTION PLAN FOR THE 2008 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ISSUED BY THE NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTY April 2007

Participation in Nebraska's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. "Democrats" are those persons of legal voting age who are registered in Nebraska as Democrats or who register as Democrats at the Precinct Caucus.

Saturday 9 February 2008: Precinct Caucus.

16 of 31 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Nebraska caucus. Delegates will vote their Presidential preference when they choose delegates to the county conventions. 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.

16 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the caucus results in each of the State's 3 congressional districts.

CD 1: 6
CD 2: 6
CD 3: 4

Tuesday 13 May 2008: Advisory State Run Primary. The results of today's primary have no affect on the delegate selection process. Hillary Clinton, Mike Gravel, and Barack Obama are on the Democratic Ballot.

Sunday 1 June - Tuesday 10 June 2008: County Conventions. County Conventions choose the county's delegates to the Nebraska State Democratic Convention. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated State Democratic Convention delegates.

Friday 20 June - Sunday 22 June 2008: The Nebraska State Democratic Convention convenes. The State Convention chooses 8 of the Nebraska's Pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at the statewide level.

8 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based the support for the presidential contenders in the State Convention as a whole.

5 at-large National Convention delegates
3 Pledged PLEOs

The remaining 7 National Convention delegates consist of

6 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

5 Democratic National Committee members.
1 Member of Congress (1 Senator and 0 Representatives).
0 Governors.
0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

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

These 7 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Delegation to the National Convention

Nebraska Delegation (as posted by http://www.demconvention.com/, 5 August 2008)

Role	Clinton	Obama	(total)
Pledged District	5	11	16
Pledged PLEO	1	2	3
Pledged At-Large	2	3	5
Total Pledged	8	16	24
Alternate Pledged District	0	3	3
Alternate Pledged PLEO	0	0	0
Alternate Pledged At-Large	1	0	1
Total Alternates	1	3	4
Unpledged			7
Credentials Committee			1
Platform Committee			1
Rules Committee			1
Pages			2

Role(s)	Preference	Name	Residence
Pledged District 1	Obama	Janet Goodman-Banks	Lincoln, NE
Pledged District 1	Clinton	Britt Miller	Lincoln, NE
Pledged District 1	Obama	Joseph D. Nigro	Lincoln, NE
Pledged District 1	Obama	Lisa Olivares	Lincoln, NE
Pledged District 1	Clinton	Jane Raybould	Lincoln, NE
Pledged District 2	Obama	Lorraine Chang	Omaha, NE
Pledged District 2	Obama	Brenda Council	Omaha, NE
Pledged District 2	Obama	Ron L. Kaminski	Omaha, NE
Pledged District 2	Obama	Shelisa R. Minnifield	Omaha, NE
Pledged District 2	Clinton	Judy Monaghan	Omaha, NE
Pledged District 2	Obama	Loyd E. Neve	Omaha, NE
Pledged District 2	Obama	Terry Werner	Lincoln, NE
Pledged District 3	Obama	D.A. Logan Dobbs-Cambridge	Hastings, NE
Pledged District 3	Clinton	Joy Philippi	Bruning, NE
Pledged District 3	Clinton	Jeremiah Quintin	Kearney, NE
Pledged District 3	Obama	Judy Vohland	Grand Island, NE
Pledged PLEO	Obama	Hon. Chris Beutler	Lincoln, NE
Pledged PLEO	Obama	Hon. Mike Fahey	Omaha, NE
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Lisa Hannah	Grand Island, NE
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Hon. Steve Lathrop	Omaha, NE
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Hon. Amanda McGill	Lincoln, NE
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Robin Quarles	Omaha, NE
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Kim Robak	Lincoln, NE
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Martha R. Ross	Omaha, NE
Alternate Pledged District 1	Obama	Genelle M. Moore	Lincoln, NE
Alternate Pledged District 2	Obama	Jeremiah Nordquist	Omaha, NE
Alternate Pledged District 3	Obama	Michele Uzendoski	Columbus, NE
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Eric Aspengren	Lincoln, NE
Unpledged Delegation Chair		Steven Achelpohl	Lincoln, NE
Unpledged Delegation Vice Chair		Audra Ostergard	Lincoln, NE
Unpledged Add-On		Ken E. Mass	Omaha, NE
Unpledged DNC Member		Kathleen Fahey	Omaha, NE
Unpledged DNC Member		Frank LaMere	South Sioux City, NE
Unpledged DNC Member		Vince Powers	Lincoln, NE
Unpledged Senator		Hon. Ben Nelson	Lincoln, NE
Credentials Committee	Obama	Jenn Mikkelsen	Lincoln, NE
Platform Committee	Obama	Hon. Tom White	Omaha, NE
Rules Committee	Obama	M. Ian Russell	Lincoln, NE
Page		C. Lanny Munson	Omaha, NE
Page		Jessica Rathbun	Omaha, NE

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