It appears that the super delegates are elected federal officials–representatives and senators–and members of the Democratic National Committee. I was directed to a site called 2008 Democratic Convention Watch by a friendly Obama staffer recently arrived in the Valley where there are lists of committed delegates. The whole of the South Texas contigent who [...]

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Here’s a breakdown of where contributions to Solomon Ortiz’s campaigns have come from since 1989. The original data, from Opensecrets.com, was organized by zip code. I’ve reorganized it geographically into three groups: the Corpus area, the Valley, and others. It is interesting to note that the Congressman has received as much from San Antonio than [...]

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All of south Texas’s super delegation have committed to Hillary Clinton–Henry Cuellar of San Antonio, Ruben Hinojosa of McAllen, and Solomon Ortiz of Corpus Christi, and Silvestre Reyes of El Paso.

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