Bernie picks up another super delegate after Alaska's caucus

[Blue_In_AK]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/bernie-sanders-alaska-superdelegate-221291#ixzz44DVYObGH

Bernie Sanders has picked up another superdelegate in the wake of his landslide victory over Hillary Clinton in the Alaska Democratic caucuses Saturday.

Alaska Democratic Party vice chairman Larry Murakami, who had previously donated to Sanders but formally had been uncommitted, decided to back Sanders after the Vermont senator defeated Clinton 82 percent to 18 percent in the state on Saturday.

"Yes," Murakami told POLITICO, when asked Monday if he was throwing his support toward Sanders as a superdelegate. "I only became the vice chair of the Alaska Democratic Party in January. So I decided to be uncommitted and to encourage the dialog and get people talking."

That changed after Alaska went big for Sanders.

"I'm going with Alaska," Murakami said. "I don't know that any other of the Alaska delegates have committed to one candidate or another, but I think it's totally appropriate if we're over 80 percent for one of us to step forward and say, "yeah, I'm voting for Sanders like everyone in my district, like most of the people in my district and most of the people in Alaska."

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[Wilms]

1. According to Green Papers Sanders has gained two more delegates in ID, and one more in UT and MO

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511592515

[upaloopa]

2. Well that superdelegate will switch to Hillay since she is leading in votes right?

[dana_b]

3. Yay!!

Some SDs were smart and WAITED to see how things would go.

This is going to be an interesting convention.

[NWCorona]

4. I thought it was very smart of them to hold off.

Very interesting indeed!

[Cali_Democrat]

6. What's the current super delegate tally?

How many for Bernie and how many for Hillary?

[NWCorona]

7. I haven't checked lately as it really doesn't matter until they are needed

But I do know he's behind.

[Ken Burch]

5. Thank you, Larry. n/t.