New Jersey Democratic Delegation 2008

The Green Papers
2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

New Jersey Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 5 February 2008¹
State Committee: Thursday 17 April 2008

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Hard Total	Floor Vote
Clinton, Hillary Rodham	`613,500 53.76%`	`59.0 46.46%`
Obama, Barack Hussein	`501,372 43.93%`	`48.0 37.80%`	`127.0 100.00%`
Edwards, John Reid	`15,728 1.38%`
Biden, Joseph Robinette "Joe", Jr.	`4,081 0.36%`
Richardson, William B. "Bill", III	`3,366 0.29%`
Kucinich, Dennis J.	`3,152 0.28%`
Uncommitted		`20.0 15.75%`
(available)
Total	`1,141,199 100.00%`	`127.0 100.00%`	`127.0 100.00%`

Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary,
Polling hours 6:00a EST (1100 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC).
Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary
Voter Participation: Party members and Independents
Voter Affiliation: Party affiliation is changed

127 total delegate votes - 70 district / 23 at large; 14 Pledged PLEOs; 18 Unpledged PLEOs; 2 Unpledged add-ons

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NEW JERSEY Democratic PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Tuesday 5 February 2008

107 of 127 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's New Jersey Presidential Primary: 70 delegates allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of 20 "delegate districts" (unlike the Democratic Parties in most other states, New Jersey's Democrats will not be allocating the state's district delegates to the Democratic National Convention by congressional district but, instead, will utilize 20 special "delegate districts", each of which will consist of two Legislative Districts paired together) and 37 delegates 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.

Certified 5 February 2008 statewide vote from an official source.

Reference: 2008 New Jersey Delegate Selection

Here is how we compute the delegate count:

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.
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.

Tuesday 5 February 2008 Primary Results
Contest				Clinton			Obama			Others			Uncommitted
	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del
DD1	47,431	46,159	3	25,881	1.682	2	20,278	1.318	1	1,272
DD2	63,192	61,029	4	36,960	2.422	2	24,069	1.578	2	2,163
DD3	75,809	73,857	4	42,363	2.294	2	31,494	1.706	2	1,952
DD4	69,584	68,053	4	35,037	2.059	2	33,016	1.941	2	1,531
DD5	47,120	45,275	3	29,491	1.954	2	15,784	1.046	1	1,601			244
DD6	43,773	42,414	4	23,294	2.197	2	19,120	1.803	2	1,359
DD7	54,088	52,697	4	30,998	2.353	2	21,699	1.647	2	1,391
DD8	68,227	66,883	4	32,191	1.925	2	34,692	2.075	2	1,096			248
DD9	43,210	42,309	3	22,076	1.565	2	20,233	1.435	1	901
DD10	61,096	59,649	3	30,989	1.559	2	28,660	1.441	1	1,447
DD11	54,444	52,850	3	31,368	1.781	2	21,482	1.219	1	1,594
DD12	61,384	60,042	3	28,713	1.435	1	31,329	1.565	2	1,342
DD13	40,114	39,082	3	20,634	1.584	2	18,448	1.416	1	1,032
DD14	59,365	58,221	4	28,752	1.975	2	29,469	2.025	2	1,144
DD15	61,537	61,101	3	26,956	1.324	1	34,145	1.676	2	436
DD16	66,808	65,360	3	38,286	1.757	2	27,074	1.243	1	1,448
DD17	52,079	50,785	4	36,945	2.910	3	13,840	1.090	1	1,294
DD18	61,648	60,614	3	28,493	1.410	1	32,121	1.590	2	950			84
DD19	63,405	62,014	4	37,391	2.412	2	24,623	1.588	2	1,311			80
DD20	47,683	46,478	4	26,682	2.296	2	19,796	1.704	2	1,205
PLEO	1,141,997	1,114,872	14	613,500	7.704	8	501,372	6.296	6	26,469			656
At-Large	1,141,997	1,114,872	23	613,500	12.657	13	501,372	10.343	10	26,469			656
Delegates			107			59			48

Unpledged delegates as of
29 January 2008: Clinton: 12, Obama: 1
16 February 2008: Clinton: 12, Obama: 2
24 February 2008: Clinton: 11, Obama: 4
19 April 2008: Clinton: 13, Obama: 4
9 May 2008: Clinton: 12, Obama: 5
3 June 2008: Clinton: 12, Obama: 6
4 June 2008: Clinton: 12, Obama: 7

A detail: "Independent" voters are ineligible to vote in the Democratic Primary, however, "Unaffiliated" voters are eligible to participate with the understanding that their party affiliation will automatically change to Democrat upon casting their vote.

Tuesday 5 February 2008: 107 of 127 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's New Jersey 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.

"70 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of 20 "delegate districts". Unlike the Democratic Parties in most states, New Jersey's Democrats will NOT be allocating the state's district delegates to the Democratic National Convention by congressional district but, instead, will utilize 20 special "delegate districts", each of which will consist of two Legislative Districts paired together. (New Jersey elects its State Legislature by Legislative District shared by both the Senate [the upper house] and the General Assembly [the lower house]: each of the state's 40 Legislative Districts [LD] elects 1 of the 40 state senators and 2 of the 80 state assemblymen)... the number of district delegates to the Democratic National Convention per "delegate district" (DD) is as follows:

DD 1 (LDs 1&2): 3 delegates
DD 2 (LDs 3&4): 4 delegates
DD 3 (LDs 5&6): 4 delegates
DD 4 (LDs 7&8): 4 delegates
DD 5 (LDs 9&30): 3 delegates
DD 6 (LDs 10&11): 4 delegates
DD 7 (LDs 12&13): 4 delegates
DD 8 (LDs 14&15): 4 delegates
DD 9 (LDs 16&23): 3 delegates
DD 10 (LDs 17&18): 3 delegates
DD 11 (LDs 19&20): 3 delegates
DD 12 (LDs 21&22): 3 delegates
DD 13 (LDs 24&25): 3 delegates
DD 14 (LDs 26&27): 4 delegates
DD 15 (LDs 28&29): 3 delegates
DD 16 (LDs 31&33): 3 delegates
DD 17 (LDs 32&36): 4 delegates
DD 18 (LDs 34&35): 3 delegates
DD 19 (LDs 37&38): 4 delegates
DD 20 (LDs 39&40): 4 delegates

In addition, 37 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
- 23 at-large National Convention delegates
- 14 Pledged PLEOs

Thursday 17 April 2008: State Committee

The remaining 20 National Convention delegates consist of

18 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

8 Democratic National Committee members.
9 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 7 Representatives).
1 Governor.
0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

2 Unpledged "add-on"s (elected by a vote, consisting of a quorum of 40% of the Members of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee.).

These 20 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Delegation to the National Convention

New Jersey Delegation (as posted by http://www.demconvention.com/, 11 August 2008)

Role	Clinton	Obama	(total)
Pledged District	38	32	70
Pledged PLEO	8	6	14
Pledged At-Large	12	11	23
Total Pledged	58	49	107
Alternate Pledged District	9	3	12
Alternate Pledged PLEO	0	0	0
Alternate Pledged At-Large	3	3	6
Total Alternates	12	6	18
Unpledged			20
Credentials Committee			5
Platform Committee			6
Rules Committee			7
Pages			4

Role(s)	Preference	Name	Residence
Pledged District	Obama	Hon. Elease Evans	Paterson, NJ
Pledged District	Clinton	Hon. Caridad Rodriguez	West New York, NJ
Pledged District	Obama	Melvin Williams	South Orange, NJ
Pledged District 1	Clinton	Hon. Alisa Cooper	Linwood, NJ
Pledged District 1	Obama	Mary M. Slomine	Margate City, NJ
Pledged District 1	Clinton	Damon Tyner	Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Pledged District 2	Clinton	Hon. John Burzichelli	Paulsboro, NJ
Pledged District 2	Obama	Margaret L. Hurley	Woodstown, NJ
Pledged District 2	Obama	Hon. Frank W. Minor	Swedesboro, NJ
Pledged District 2	Clinton	Joyce Powell	Pennsgrove, NJ
Pledged District 3	Obama	Hon. John H. Adler	Cherry Hill, NJ
Pledged District 3	Clinton	Virginia Betteridge	Runnemede, NJ
Pledged District 3	Clinton	Curt Jenkins	Camden, NJ
Pledged District 3	Obama	Marie L. Young	Cherry Hill, NJ
Pledged District 4	Clinton	Sidney Camp	Westampton, NJ
Pledged District 4	Clinton	Sheryl Gordon	Columbus, NJ
Pledged District 4	Obama	Jacqueline A. Jennings	Willingboro, NJ
Pledged District 4	Obama	Richard Locklear	Westampton, NJ
Pledged District 5	Clinton	Nilda R. Frulio	Bayville, NJ
Pledged District 5	Clinton	David Smith	Howell, NJ
Pledged District 5	Obama	Robert Stern	Beach Haven, NJ
Pledged District 6	Clinton	Hon. Jack Randy Bishop	Ocean Grove, NJ
Pledged District 6	Obama	Myra L. Campbell	Asbury Park, NJ
Pledged District 6	Clinton	Sarah Pallone	Long Branch, NJ
Pledged District 6	Obama	Justin Woska	Brick, NJ
Pledged District 7	Obama	Teresa M. Boyer	Hightstown, NJ
Pledged District 7	Clinton	Hon. Elaine Flynn	Old Bridge, NJ
Pledged District 7	Obama	Paul P. Josephsen	Holmdel, NJ
Pledged District 7	Clinton	Gerard Scarano	Old Bridge, NJ
Pledged District 8	Obama	W. M. Blumenthal	Princeton, NJ
Pledged District 8	Obama	Elizabeth "Liz" Lempert	Princeton, NJ
Pledged District 8	Clinton	Ray Pocino	Lawrenceville, NJ
Pledged District 8	Clinton	Hon. Bonnie Watson Coleman	Ewing, NJ
Pledged District 9	Obama	Hon. Cecilia X. Birge	Belle Meade, NJ
Pledged District 9	Clinton	Peg Schaffer	Bedminster, NJ
Pledged District 9	Clinton	Hon. Parakash Shah	Basking Ridge, NJ
Pledged District 10	Clinton	Hon. Barbara Buono	Metuchen, NJ
Pledged District 10	Clinton	Hon. Upendra Chivukula	Somerset, NJ
Pledged District 10	Obama	Hon. Jun Choi	Edison, NJ
Pledged District 11	Obama	Julie Diaz	Perth Amboy, NJ
Pledged District 11	Clinton	Hon. Joanne Rajoppi	Union, NJ
Pledged District 11	Clinton	Hon. Joe Vas	Perth Amboy, NJ
Pledged District 12	Clinton	Tom Barrett	Short Hills, NJ
Pledged District 12	Obama	Rashid A. Burney	Plainfield, NJ
Pledged District 12	Obama	Rebecca F. Widdick	Clark, NJ
Pledged District 13	Clinton	Cristina Defazio	Morristown, NJ
Pledged District 13	Obama	Kimberly Hurdman	Morristown, NJ
Pledged District 13	Clinton	Phil Sellinger	Morristown, NJ
Pledged District 14	Obama	Glynnis Forbes	South Orange, NJ
Pledged District 14	Clinton	Reggie Jackson	Orange, NJ
Pledged District 14	Clinton	Hon. Pat Sebold	Livingston, NJ
Pledged District 15	Obama	Hon. Cory Booker	Newark, NJ
Pledged District 15	Obama	Hon. Mildred Crump	Newark, NJ
Pledged District 15	Clinton	Hon. Anibal Ramos	Voorhees, NJ
Pledged District 16	Obama	Hon. Sandra B. Cunningham	Jersey City, NJ
Pledged District 16	Clinton	Hon. Sal Vega	West New York, NJ
Pledged District 17	Obama	Vanessa Czaplicki	Jersey City, NJ
Pledged District 17	Clinton	Bill Gaughan	Jersey City, NJ
Pledged District 17	Clinton	Ritzy Moralez	Passaic, NJ
Pledged District 18	Clinton	Hon. Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr.	Nutley, NJ
Pledged District 18	Obama	Jeh C. Johnson	Montclair, NJ
Pledged District 18	Clinton	Hon. Joe Torres	Paterson, NJ
Pledged District 19	Obama	Hon. Gordon M. Johnson	Englewood, NJ
Pledged District 19	Obama	Arline Miller	Teaneck, NJ
Pledged District 19	Clinton	Esther Suarez	Edgewater, NJ
Pledged District 19	Clinton	Cid Wilson	Leonia, NJ
Pledged District 20	Obama	Elizabeth Junod	Allendale, NJ
Pledged District 20	Obama	Michael Kasparian	Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
Pledged District 20	Clinton	Dennis McNerney	Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
Pledged District 20	Clinton	Hon. Germaine Ortiz	Emerson, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Obama	Hon. Richard J. Codey	West Orange, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Hon. Joseph Ferriero	Hackensack, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Hon. Nia H. Gill	Montclair, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Obama	Hon. Linda Greenstein	Plainsboro, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Obama	Hon. Jerramiah Healy	Jersey City, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Michael W. Kempner	Cresskill, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Obama	Hon. Pamela Lapitt	Cherry Hill, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Hon. Nellie Pou	North Haledon, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Hon. Joan M. Quigley	Jersey City, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Hon. Joseph J. Roberts	Brooklawn, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Hon. M. Teresa Ruiz	Newark, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Hon. Philip Thigpen	Newark, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Obama	Hon. Shirley K. Turner	Lawrenceville, NJ
Pledged PLEO	Obama	Hon. Loretta Weinberg	Teaneck, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Nancy R. Bollwage	Elizabeth, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Laurel Brennan	Cherry Hill, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Bobbi Brown-Plofker	Montclair, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Patricia E. Campos	Newark, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Steven Goldstein	Teaneck, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Janet L. Graham	Livingston, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Pamela R. Hughes	Princeton, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Hon. Christie Y. Huh	Little Falls, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Hon. Lisa Jackson	East Windsor, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Hon. Mila M. Jasey	South Orange, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Hon. Karen J. Kominsky	Lambertville, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Lydia G. Mallett	West Windsor, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Obama	William Matsikoudis	Jersey City, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Mala R. Mehta	North Bergen, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Lorraine E. Mullen	Succasunna, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Hon. Margarita Muniz	Newark, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Obama	John L. Neu	Annandale, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Alessandra T. Norcross	Cherry Hill, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Hon. Ronald C. Rice	Newark, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Hon. Tracy L. Riley	Mount Laurel, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Magdalena Speziale	Wayne, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Hon. Mariano Vega, Jr.	Jersey City, NJ
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Catherine F. Willis	East Orange, NJ
Alternate Pledged District	Clinton	Michael Muller	Mount Laurel, NJ
Alternate Pledged District 1	Clinton	Richard Tolson	Ocean City, NJ
Alternate Pledged District 3	Clinton	Gwen DeVera	Voorhees, NJ
Alternate Pledged District 5	Clinton	Marta Harrison	Lakewood, NJ
Alternate Pledged District 9	Clinton	Chan Leung	Ringoes, NJ
Alternate Pledged District 10	Clinton	Barbra Siperstein	Edison, NJ
Alternate Pledged District 11	Clinton	Stephen Alterman	Iselin, NJ
Alternate Pledged District 12	Obama	Diane Zitek	Morristown, NJ
Alternate Pledged District 15	Obama	Shelly Ann D. Bates	Hillside, NJ
Alternate Pledged District 16	Clinton	Hon. Tilo Rivas	Union City, NJ
Alternate Pledged District 18	Obama	Jacquelyn "Jackie" E. Johnson	East Orange, NJ
Alternate Pledged District 19	Clinton	Jason Kim	Palisades Park, NJ
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Maysoon Abdelhady	Cliffside Park, NJ
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Jane Bidwell	Mahwah, NJ
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Obama	Seth Harris	Upper Montclair, NJ
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Obama	Samer E. Khalaf	Paramus, NJ
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Obama	Brian McGinnis	Cherry Hill, NJ
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Hannah "Ann" Twomey	Rutherford, NJ
Unpledged Delegation Chair		Hon. Joseph Cryan	Trenton, NJ
Unpledged DNC National Finance		Philip Murphy	Red Bank, NJ
Unpledged Delegation Vice Chair		Hon. Dana Redd	Camden, NJ
Unpledged Add-On		Hon. Brendan T. Byrne	Short Hills, NJ
Unpledged Add-On		Hon. James J. Florio	Methuchen, NJ
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Robert Andrews	Washington, DC
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Rush Holt	Washington, DC
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Frank Pallone	Washington, DC
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Washington, DC
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Donald Payne	Washington, DC
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Steven Rothman	Washington, DC
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Albio Sires	Washington, DC
Unpledged DNC Member		Tonio Burgos	Jersey City, NJ
Unpledged DNC Member		Joseph M. DeCotiis	Teaneck, NJ
Unpledged DNC Member		June S. Fischer	Scotch Plains, NJ
Unpledged DNC Member		Donald Norcross	Cherry Hill, NJ
Unpledged DNC Member		Hon. Christine "Roz" Samuels	Montclair, NJ
Unpledged Governor Delegation Chair		Hon. Jon Corzine	Trenton, NJ
Unpledged Senator		Hon. Frank R. Lautenberg	Washington, DC
Unpledged Senator		Hon. Robert Menendez	Washington, DC
Credentials Committee	Obama	Michellene Davis	West Orange, NJ
Credentials Committee	Clinton	William Harla	Princeton, NJ
Credentials Committee	Obama	Hon. Novella S. Hinson	Camden, NJ
Credentials Committee	Obama	Keith L. Hovey	Princeton, NJ
Credentials Committee	Clinton	Anna Sutton	Plainfield, NJ
Platform Committee	Obama	Rhonda Adams-Medina	Princeton Junction, NJ
Platform Committee	Clinton	Hon. John Currie	Ringwood, NJ
Platform Committee	Clinton	Hon. Meryl Frank	Highland Park, NJ
Platform Committee	Clinton	David V. Genova	Montclair, NJ
Platform Committee	Obama	Gregory J. Jackson	Hackensack, NJ
Platform Committee		Hon. Douglas Palmer	Trenton, NJ
Rules Committee	Obama	Hon. James Beach	Voorhees, NJ
Rules Committee		David Evans	Lindenwold, NJ
Rules Committee	Obama	Hon. Albert Granell	North Arlington, NJ
Rules Committee	Clinton	Joseph A. Hayden, Jr.	Hoboken, NJ
Rules Committee		Kate Hughes	Princeton, NJ
Rules Committee	Obama	Pamela Miller	Hackensack, NJ
Rules Committee	Obama	Sarah E. Morgenthau	Montclair, NJ
Page		Katherine Hedden	Ewing, NJ
Page		Joshua Hodes	Hoboken, NJ
Page		Dylan Plofker	Montclair, NJ
Page		Jennifer Taylor	Cape May Court House, NJ

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