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Article: State's super delegates not sold on a presidential candidate: ; Several say they want to see who the state picks in May 13
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- February 14, 2008
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At least two of West Virginia's nine so-called "super delegates"
have indicated they are leaning towards supporting presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention.
But in a race as tight as this year's, state party leader Nick
Casey believes the super delegates would probably not decide finally
until after the state's May primary election or even on the
nominating convention floor in August.
"If somebody's going to say, 'I'm committed to Hillary,'
technically, until they vote, they haven't voted," Casey said.
The state will have a total of 39 delegates at the convention.
Thirty will have been either elected in the primary or chosen in
party caucus and already ...