RENO-The credentials committee of the Nevada Democratic Convention has concluded their business and announced totals for the state's delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The totals are a huge success for Ill. Sen. Barack Obama, who improved upon his showing in the Jan. 19 precinct caucuses and will now head to Denver in August with 14 delegates from Nevada to N.Y. Sen. Hillary Clinton's 11.
2,510 delegates attended the convention, out of 3,563 total credentialed delegates. Their votes, in total, went 55 percent for Obama to 45 percent for Clinton. This was a reversal from January, when Clinton received nearly 51 percent of the statewide caucus vote to Obama's 45 percent.
The delegates were broken down according to congressional district, at-large delegates, and party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs).
In Congressional District 1 in Clark County, Clinton and Obama both received three delegates, 56 percent for Obama to 44 percent for Clinton.
Congressional District 2 went for Obama, with him picking up one delegate from the rural part of the state to none for Clinton, and two from Washoe County to only one for Clinton. Both received one delegates from the Clark County portion of CD2.
Clinton's one victory of the day came in Congressional District 3, where she received 52 percent of the vote to 48 percent for Obama. Both candidates, however, received two delegates from the district.
Both candidates received three at-large delegates and Obama won two PLEO delegates to Clinton's one, because of Obama's larger share of the total convention vote.
Obama had always been predicted the larger share of Nevada's delegates, but it was expected that he would receive 13 to Clinton's 12. Surprisingly low turn-out from Clinton supporters, especially in Clark County, where she had won decisively in January, pushed Obama further ahead.
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