Superdelegates
"Superdelegate" is the term given to delegates to the Democratic National Convention who are not selected based on primary or caucus results. They are instead chosen or appointed based on their position within the Democratic party. They are free to cast their vote at the national convention for any candidate they choose, and are not bound by the primary vote in their state. Every Democratic Member of Congress is a superdelegate. Other superdelegates may be selected based on their position within the Democratic party.
Superdelegates have gone unnoticed in most election cycles, as one candidate normally wins enough delegates from state primaries and caucuses to win the party's nomination. A total of 2,024 delegates is needed to become the nominee. In this year's race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, neither candidate has been able to separate themselves from the other to the degree that they can win a majority of delegates from the primary and caucus voting. This means that delegates not bound by those results will become the deciding factor in who the nominee will be.
As of now, the Democratic National Committee has ruled that delegates from Florida and Michigan will not be seated at the national convention.
Below is a listing of which candidates have received the support of superdelegate Members of Congress.
Superdelegates Who Support Hillary Clinton
House Members
Gary L. Ackerman (NY05)
Robert Andrews (NJ01)
Michael Arcuri (NY24)
Joe Baca (CA43)
Tammy Baldwin (WI02)
Shelley Berkley NV01
Marion Berry AR01
Tim Bishop NY01
Leonard Boswell IA03
Corrine Brown (FL03)
Christopher Carney (PA10)
Donna Christian-Christensen (USVI)
Yvette Clarke (NY11)
Joseph Crowley (NY07)
Henry Cuellar (TX28)
Diana DeGette (CO01)
Norman Dicks (WA08)
John Dingell (MI15)
Eliot Engel (NY17)
Barney Frank (MA04)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY20)
Gene Green (TX29)
John Hall (NY19)
Jane Harman (CA36)
Alcee Hastings (FL23)
Brian Higgins (NY27)
Maurice Hinchey (NY22)
Ruben Hinojosa (TX15)
Darlene Hooley (OR05)
Jay Inslee (WA01)
Steve Israel (NY02)
Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX18)
Stephanie Tubbs Jones(OH11)
Paul Kanjorski (PA11)
Dale Kildee (MI05)
James Langevin (RI02)
Sander Levin (MI12)
Nita Lowey (NY18)
Stephen Lynch (MA09)
Carolyn Maloney (NY14)
Doris Matsui (CA05)
Carolyn McCarthy (NY04)
James McGovern (MA03)
Michael McNulty (NY21)
Kendrick Meek (FL17)
Gregory Meeks (NY06)
John Murtha (PA12)
Jerrold Nadler (NY08)
Grace Napolitano (CA38)
Richard Neal (MA02)
Solomon Ortiz (TX27)
Frank Pallone (NJ06)
Bill Pascrell (NJ08)
Ed Pastor (AZ04)
Charles Rangel (NY15)
Silvestre Reyes (TX16)
Laura Richardson (CA37)
Mike Ross (AR04)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA34)
C.A. Ruppersberger (MD02)
Loretta Sanchez (CA47)
Allyson Schwartz (PA13)
Jose Serrano (NY16)
Joe Sestak (PA07)
Brad Sherman (CA27)
Heath Shuler (NC11)
Albio Sires (NJ13)
Louise McIntosh Slaughter (NY28)
Vic Snyder (AR02)
Hilda Solis (CA32)
John Tanner (TN08)
Ellen Tauscher (CA10)
Mike Thompson (CA01)
Edolphus Towns (NY10)
Nydia Velazquez (NY12)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL20)
Diane Watson (CA33)
Anthony Weiner (NY09)
Lynn Woolsey (CA06)
Senators
Evan Bayh (IN)
Maria Cantwell (WA)
Hillary Clinton (NY)
Dianne Feinstein (CA)
Daniel Inouye (HI)
Tim Johnson (SD)
Blanche Lincoln (AR)
Robert Menendez (NJ)
Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Patty Murray (WA)
Bill Nelson (FL)
Mark Pryor (AR)
Charles Schumer (NY)
Debbie Stabenow (MI)
Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
Superdelegates Who Support Barack Obama
House Members
Neil Abercrombie (HI01)
Thomas Allen (ME01)
Brian Baird (WA03)
John Barrow (GA12)
Melissa Bean (IL08)
Xavier Becerra (CA31)
Howard Berman (CA28)
Sanford Bishop (GA02)
Madeleine Bordallo (GUAL)
Rick Boucher (VA09)
Robert Brady (PA01)
Bruce Braley(IA01)
Lois Capps (CA23)
Michae Capuano (MA08)
Dennis Cardoza (CA18)
Russ Carnahan (MO03)
Thomas Carper (DE)
Andre Carson (IN07)
Kathy Castor (FL11)
Ben Chandler (KY06)
Lacy Clay (MO01)
James Clyburn (SC06)
Stephen Cohen (TN09)
Jim Costa (CA20)
Jerry Costello (IL12)
Joseph Courtney (CT02)
Elijah Cummings (MD07)
Artur Davis (AL07)
Danny K. Davis (IL07)
Susan Davis (CA53)
Peter DeFazio (OR04)
William Delahunt (MA10)
Rosa DeLauro (CT03)
Lloyd Doggett (TX25)
Joe Donnelly (IN02)
Mike Doyle (PA14)
Chet Edwards (TX17)
Keith Ellison (MN05)
Rahm Emanuel (IL05)
Anna Eshoo (CA14)
Eni Faleomavaega (AS)
Sam Farr (CA17)
Bob Filner (CA51)
Gabrielle Giffords (AZ08)
Charles Gonzalez (TX20)
Al Green (TX09)
Raul Grijalva (AZ07)
Luis Gutierrez (IL04)
Phil Hare (IL17)
Baron Hill (IN09)
Mazie Hirono (HI02)
Rush Holt (NJ12)
Jesse Jackson (IL02)
William Jefferson (LA02)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX30)
Hank Johnson (GA04)
Steve Kagen (WI08)
Ron Kind (WI03)
Rick Larsen (WA02)
John Larson (CT01)
Barbara Lee (CA09)
John Lewis (GA05)
Dan Lipinski (IL03)
Dave Loebsack (IA02)
Zoe Lofgren (CA16)
Betty McCollum (MN04)
Jim McDermott (WA07)
Gerald McNerney (CA11)
Michael Michaud (ME02)
Brad Miller (NC13)
George Miller (CA07)
Harry Mitchell (AZ05)
Dennis Moore (KS03)
Gwen Moore (WI03)
James Moran (VA08)
Christopher Murphy (CT05)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (DCAL)
James Oberstar (MN08)
David Obey (WI07)
Donald Payne (NJ10)
Ed Perlmutter (CO07)
Earl Pomeroy (NDAL)
David Price (NC04)
Nick Rahall (WV03)
Bobby Rush (IL01)
Linda Sanchez (CA39)
John Sarbanes (MD03)
Janice Schakowsky (IL09)
Adam Schiff (CA29)
Bobby Scott (VA03)
David Scott (GA13)
Ike Skelton (MO04)
Adam Smith (WA09)
Bart Stupak (MI01)
Bennie G. Thompson (MS02)
Tom Udall (NM03)
Chris Van Hollen (MD08)
Peter Visclosky (IN01)
Tim Walz (MN01)
Mel Watt (NC12)
Henry Waxman (CA30)
Peter Welch (VTAL)
Robert Wexler (FL19)
John Yarmuth (KY03)
Senators
Daniel Akaka (HI)
Max Baucus (MT)
Jeff Bingaman (NM)
Barbara Boxer (CA)
Robert Byrd (WV)
Ben Cardin (MD)
Robert Casey (PA)
Christopher Dodd (CT)
Richard Durbin (IL)
Russ Feingold (WI)
Tom Harkin (IA)
Edward Kennedy (MA)
John Kerry (MA)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Herb Kohl (WI)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Patrick Leahy (VT)
Claire McCaskill (MO)
Ben Nelson (NE)
Barack Obama (IL)
Harry Reid (NV)
John Rockefeller (WV)
Ken Salazar (CO)
Jon Tester (MT)
Ron Wyden (OR)
Superdelegates Who Are Unpledged
House Members
Jason Altmire (PA04)
Earl Blumenauer (OR03)
Dan Boren (OK02)
F. Allen Boyd (FL02)
Nancy Boyda (KS02)
G.K. Butterfield (NC01)
Emanuel Cleaver (MO05)
John Conyers (MI14)
Jim Cooper (TN05)
Robert Cramer (AL05)
Lincoln Davis (TN04)
Brad Ellsworth (IN08)
Bob Etheridge (NC02)
Chaka Fattah (PA02)
Bill Foster (IL14)
Bart Gordon (TN06)
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SDAL)
Paul Hodes (NH02)
Tim Holden (PA17)
Michael Honda (CA15)
Steny Hoyer (MD05)
Marcy Kaptur (OH09)
Patrick Kennedy (RI01)
Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI13)
Ron Klein (FL22)
Dennis Kucinich (OH10)
Nicholas Lampson (TX22)
Timothy Mahoney (FL16)
Ed Markey (MA07)
Jim Marshall (GA08)
Jim Matheson (UT02)
Mike McIntyre (NC07)
Charlie Melancon (LA03)
Alan Mollohan (WV01)
Patrick Murphy (PA08)
John Olver (MA01)
Nancy Pelosi (CA08)
Collin Peterson (MN07)
Earl Pomeroy (NDAL)
David Price (NC04)
Ciro Rodriguez (TX23)
Steven Rothman (NJ09)
Tim Ryan (OH17)
John Salazar (CO03)
Carol Shea-Porter (NH01)
Zack Space (OH18)
Jackie Speier (CA12)
John Spratt (SC05)
Pete Stark (CA13)
Betty Sutton (OH13)
Gene Taylor (MS04)
John Tierney (MA06)
Niki Tsongas (MA05)
Mark Udall (CO02)
Maxine Waters (CA35)
Melvin Watt (NC12)
Charlie Wilson (OH06)
David Wu (OR01)
Senators
Joseph Biden (DE)
Sherrod Brown (OH)
Kent Conrad (ND)
Byron Dorgan (ND)
Carl Levin (MI)
Jack Reed (RI)
James Webb (VA)
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