OWH: Convention big draw for Dems
May 28, 10:02 AM CST
Some quick follow-up on yesterday’s post.
The Omaha World-Herald:
Convention big draw for Dems
The continuing race for the Democratic presidential nomination appears to have stoked the competitive fires among Nebraska Democrats eager to attend the party’s national convention in Denver.
The number of Democrats in Nebraska who have applied to attend the August convention as delegates has quadrupled from the number in 2004, the party said Tuesday.
In 2004, about 75 people applied to be one of 24 elected delegates to the Boston convention.
This year, applications have topped 330, and more are expected before Friday’s deadline.
From KPTM (video available):
It would be a great feeling to be part of the Nebraska delegation,” said Jeremy Nordquist. “You’d be a part of making history.”
Nordquist is one Nebraska democrat with his eyes on the presidential race. He said after seeing large turnouts for the state caucuses in February he decided to try to take a more active role in the process.
“Just seeing the excitement from that event it got me motivated to go further potentially as a delegate,” said Nordquist.
Nebraska’s Democratic Party said more and more democrats feel that way. Leaders said applications to become a national delegate are up.
“It’s about three to four times more than we normally have,” said Lanny Munson, Rules Committee Chairman for the Nebraska Democratic Party.
Thanks to Lanny for providing his expertise and doing such a great job representing the Party.
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Hey, our plurality of votes between the caucus and the primary has made it into a pretty important statement to the DNC from Hillary Clinton’s campaign:
http://hillaryclinton.com/files/pdf/rightchoice.pdf
— Marian Ingwersen May 28, 06:52 PM CST #