Tennessee Democratic Delegation 2008

The Green Papers
2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Tennessee Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 5 February 2008¹
State Executive Committee: Saturday 15 March 2008

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Hard Total	Floor Vote
Clinton, Hillary Rodham	`336,245 53.82%`	`40.0 47.06%`
Obama, Barack Hussein	`252,874 40.48%`	`28.0 32.94%`
Edwards, John Reid	`27,820 4.45%`
Uncommitted	`3,158 0.51%`	`17.0 20.00%`
Biden, Joseph Robinette "Joe", Jr.	`1,531 0.25%`
Richardson, William B. "Bill", III	`1,178 0.19%`
Kucinich, Dennis J.	`971 0.16%`
Dodd, Christopher J. "Chris"	`526 0.08%`
Gravel, Mike	`461 0.07%`
(available)
(not voting)			`85.0 100.00%`
Total	`624,764 100.00%`	`85.0 100.00%`	`85.0 100.00%`

Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary,
Polling hours 8:00a EST (1300 UTC) / 8:00a CST (1400 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC) / 7:00p CST (0100 UTC). The polls close at the same GMT/UTC time, that is, polls close at a particular local time in the advanced time zone and close one hour earlier local time in the lagging time zone.
Voter Eligibility: Open Primary

85 total delegate votes - 44 district / 15 at large; 9 Pledged PLEOs; 15 Unpledged PLEOs; 2 Unpledged add-ons

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TENNESSEE Democratic PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Tuesday 5 February 2008

68 of 85 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Tennessee Presidential Primary: 44 delegates allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 9 congressional districts; 24 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.

TENNESSEE DELEGATE SELECTION PLAN FOR THE 2008 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ISSUED BY THE TENNESSEE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAY 2007

Certified 5 February 2008 statewide vote from an official source.

Here is how we compute the delegate count (based on analysis provided by Evan Birnholz):

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	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del
CD1	42,468	42,468	4	30,851	2.906	3	11,617	1.094	1
CD2	55,113	55,113	4	32,517	2.360	2	22,596	1.640	2
CD3	64,690	64,690	4	38,014	2.351	2	26,676	1.649	2
CD4	70,222	70,222	5	55,468	3.949	4	14,754	1.051	1
CD5	93,119	93,119	6	39,184	2.525	3	53,935	3.475	3
CD6	70,931	70,931	5	50,408	3.553	4	20,523	1.447	1
CD7	57,595	57,595	5	31,010	2.692	3	26,585	2.308	2
CD8	60,765	60,765	5	39,423	3.244	3	21,342	1.756	2
CD9	74,216	74,216	6	19,370	1.566	2	54,846	4.434	4
PLEO	589,119	589,119	9	336,245	5.137	5	252,874	3.863	4
At-Large	589,119	589,119	15	336,245	8.561	9	252,874	6.439	6
Delegates	�	�	68	�	�	40	�	�	28

References:
http://www.tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2008-02/DemPresidentPrecinct.pdf
http://www.tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2008-02/DemPresidentCounty.pdf
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/states/TN.html
http://www.comptroller.state.tn.us/lg/lgmaps.htm
http://www.comptroller.state.tn.us/lg/map/shelby/preclist.htm
http://www.comptroller.state.tn.us/lg/map/shelby/congress.pdf

Official delegate tally from a party source.

Unpledged delegates as of
29 January 2008: Clinton: 1, Edwards: 1, Obama: 2
31 January 2008: Clinton: 1, Obama: 2
9 February 2008: Clinton: 3, Obama: 3
16 February 2008: Clinton: 4, Obama: 4
26 April 2008: Clinton: 5, Obama: 4
14 May 2008: Clinton: 6, Obama: 4
4 June 2008: Clinton: 6, Obama: 7
18 June 2008: Clinton: 6, Obama: 8

Tuesday 5 February 2008: 68 of 85 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Tennessee 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.

44 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 9 congressional districts.

CD 1: 4
CD 2: 4
CD 3: 4
CD 4: 5
CD 5: 6
CD 6: 5
CD 7: 5
CD 8: 5
CD 9: 6

In addition, 24 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
- 15 at-large National Convention delegates
- 9 Pledged PLEOs

Other February 2008 Events: 9 February - County Conventions, 23 February - District Conventions.

Saturday 15 March 2008: State Executive Committee. Due to inclement weather, the Executive Committee Meeting is postponed from 8 March to 15 March 2008.

The remaining 17 National Convention delegates consist of

15 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

8 Democratic National Committee members.
5 Members of Congress (0 Senators and 5 Representatives).
1 Governor.
1 Distinguished Party Leader (former Vice President Albert "Al" Gore, Jr.).

2 Unpledged "add-on"s (selected by the State Executive Committee).

These 17 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Delegation to the National Convention

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

Role	Clinton	Obama	(total)
Pledged District	26	18	44
Pledged PLEO	5	4	9
Pledged At-Large	9	6	15
Total Pledged	40	28	68
Alternate Pledged District	5	2	7
Alternate Pledged PLEO	0	0	0
Alternate Pledged At-Large	2	2	4
Total Alternates	7	4	11
Unpledged			17
Credentials Committee			3
Platform Committee			3
Rules Committee			4
Pages			2

Role(s)	Preference	Name	Residence
Pledged District 1	Clinton	Sonja Fox	Johnson City, TN
Pledged District 1	Obama	Mary Howell	Piney Flats, TN
Pledged District 1	Clinton	Bruce Shine	Kingsport, TN
Pledged District 2	Clinton	Cody Goodman	Engelwood, TN
Pledged District 2	Obama	Gloria Johnson	Knoxville, TN
Pledged District 2	Obama	Ali Negahban	Knoxville, TN
Pledged District 2	Clinton	Brenda Palmer	Knoxville, TN
Pledged District 2	Clinton	Harold Woods	Knoxville, TN
Pledged District 3	Clinton	Patricia Branham	Chattanooga, TN
Pledged District 3	Obama	Linda Patrick	Cleveland, TN
Pledged District 3	Clinton	Ricky Starnes	Cleveland, TN
Pledged District 3	Obama	Justin Wilkins	Signal Mountain, TN
Pledged District 4	Clinton	Brenda Ables	Fayetteville, TN
Pledged District 4	Clinton	Robert Collier	McMinnville, TN
Pledged District 4	Clinton	Hon. Dennis Ferguson	Harriman, TN
Pledged District 4	Obama	George Mitchell	Columbia, TN
Pledged District 4	Clinton	Tabitha Smith	Lancing, TN
Pledged District 5	Clinton	James Buckley	Antioch, TN
Pledged District 5	Obama	Zoyle Jones	Nashville, TN
Pledged District 5	Obama	Gerald Martin	Nashville, TN
Pledged District 5	Obama	Marilyn Robinson	Nashville, TN
Pledged District 5	Clinton	Alma Sanford	Antioch, TN
Pledged District 5	Clinton	Martha Wettemann	Pleasant View, TN
Pledged District 6	Obama	Kristen M. Cullen	Smyrna, TN
Pledged District 6	Clinton	David Harper	Hartsville, TN
Pledged District 6	Clinton	Michelle Haynes	Gallatin, TN
Pledged District 6	Clinton	Edward Rhodes	Murfreesboro, TN
Pledged District 6	Clinton	June Trotter	Smyrna, TN
Pledged District 7	Clinton	Barbara Brown	Clarksville, TN
Pledged District 7	Obama	Margaret Faill	Franklin, TN
Pledged District 7	Obama	Keith Norman	Memphis, TN
Pledged District 7	Clinton	Randall Rice	Whiteville, TN
Pledged District 7	Clinton	Paul Simpson	Selmer, TN
Pledged District 8	Obama	Robert Davie	Covington, TN
Pledged District 8	Clinton	Anthony Land	Ripley, TN
Pledged District 8	Obama	William Radford	Huntingdon, TN
Pledged District 8	Clinton	Betsy Reid	Brownsville, TN
Pledged District 8	Clinton	Ann Strong	Alamo, TN
Pledged District 9	Obama	Lexie Carter	Memphis, TN
Pledged District 9	Obama	Cherry Davis	Memphis, TN
Pledged District 9	Clinton	Ruth Davis	Memphis, TN
Pledged District 9	Obama	Eddie S. Jones, Jr.	Memphis, TN
Pledged District 9	Obama	Charles Parkinson	Memphis, TN
Pledged District 9	Clinton	Rudi Scheidt, Jr.	Memphis, TN
Pledged PLEO	Obama	Hon. Joe Armstrong	Knoxville, TN
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Gale J. Carson	Memphis, TN
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Sydney Chism	Memphis, TN
Pledged PLEO	Obama	JoAnne Favors	Chattanooga, TN
Pledged PLEO	Obama	Chip Forrester	Nashville, TN
Pledged PLEO	Obama	Janis Fullilove	Memphis, TN
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Hon. Thelma Harper	Whites Creek, TN
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Hon. Ned McWherter	Dresden, TN
Pledged PLEO	Clinton	Hon. Jimmy Naifeh	Covington, TN
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Tammy Bradford	Jackson, TN
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Angelia Cannon	Goodlettsville, TN
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Elizabeth Crews	Chattanooga, TN
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Valerie Daugherty	Nashville, TN
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Saletta Holloway	Nashville, TN
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Henry Hooper	Memphis, TN
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Charline Kilpatrick	Chattanooga, TN
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Daniel Lawson	Maryville, TN
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	LaTina Mercer	Jackson, TN
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Kathy Mullins	Morristown, TN
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Marisa Richmond	Nashville, TN
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Jennifer Underwood	Pulaski, TN
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	David Upton	Memphis, TN
Pledged At-Large	Obama	Jennifer Wallace	Nashville, TN
Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Sylvia Woods	Knoxville, TN
Alternate Pledged District 1	Clinton	Larry Mullins	Morristown, TN
Alternate Pledged District 4	Clinton	Marion Sprinkle	Fayetteville, TN
Alternate Pledged District 5	Obama	Ainka Sanders	Nashville, TN
Alternate Pledged District 6	Clinton	Lane Dixon	Murfreesboro, TN
Alternate Pledged District 7	Clinton	Adrienne Pakis-Gillon	Germantown, TN
Alternate Pledged District 8	Clinton	Jack Cunningham	Milan, TN
Alternate Pledged District 9	Obama	Hazel Longstreet	Memphis, TN
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Obama	David Garrison	Nashville, TN
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Mary Jean Hall	Covington, TN
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Obama	Sara Kruszka	Cookeville, TN
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Clinton	Hon. Randy Rinks	Pickwick Dam, TN
Unpledged Delegation Vice Chair		Elisa Parker	Franklin, TN
Unpledged Delegation Chair		Gray Sasser	Nashville, TN
Unpledged Add-On		Vicky Harwell	Pulaski, TN
Unpledged Add-On		Lindsay Lee	Fairview, TN
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Stephen Cohen	Washington, DC
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Jim Cooper	Washington, DC
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Lincoln Davis	Washington, DC
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Bart Gordon	Murfreesboro, TN
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. John Tanner	Arlington, VA
Unpledged Distinguished Party Leader		Hon. Albert Gore, Jr.	Nashville, TN
Unpledged DNC Member		Will Cheek	Nashville, TN
Unpledged DNC Member		Inez Crutchfield	Nashville, TN
Unpledged DNC Member		Hon. Lois M. DeBerry	Nashville, TN
Unpledged DNC Member		Jimmie Farris	Memphis, TN
Unpledged DNC Member		Hon. Myron Lowery	Memphis, TN
Unpledged DNC Member		Hon. William Owen	Knoxville, TN
Unpledged Governor Delegation Chair		Hon. Phil Bredesen	Nashville, TN
Credentials Committee	Obama	Jerry L. Maynard	Nashville, TN
Credentials Committee	Clinton	Hon. Thomas Moore	Dresden, TN
Credentials Committee	Clinton	Martha Perry	Pegram, TN
Platform Committee	Clinton	Betty Fraley	Winchester, TN
Platform Committee	Obama	Desiree Franklin	Memphis, TN
Platform Committee	Clinton	Justin Walling	Spencer, TN
Rules Committee		Roy Neel	Nashville, TN
Rules Committee	Clinton	Molly O'Neal	Franklin, TN
Rules Committee	Obama	Brant Phillips	Nashville, TN
Rules Committee	Clinton	Jeff Yarbro	Nashville, TN
Page		Emily Bryan	Montgomery, AL
Page		Richard Lodge	Nashville, TN

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