2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses Washington presidential no 2004 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses 2004 2016 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses 2016 2008 02 9 Barack Obama Senate portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama 800080 Illinois 52 21,768 67.56% Hillary_Rodham_Clinton-cropped.jpg Hillary Clinton D4AA00 New York 26 10,038 31.15% 280px 275px County resultsObama: #cf94cf 50–60% #bd6fbd 60–70% #a949a9 70–80% #863886 80–90% #632761 90–100% #4a1d49 100% VI ME The 2008 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses were a series of events held by the Washington State Democratic Party to determine the delegates that the party sent to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Delegates were selected in a four-tier process that began with precinct caucuses, was further refined in legislative district caucuses and/or county conventions, concluded for some delegates in the congressional district caucuses, and finally concluded for the remaining delegates at the state convention. Washington also held a Democratic primary on February 19, 2008, but the Washington State Democratic Party did not use the results of the primary to determine its delegates.In Washington State Vote, Relevance Is an Issue William Yardley The New York Times 2008-02-18 https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/us/politics/18washington.html?ref=politics 3 Delegate breakdown The Washington State Democratic Party sent a total of 97 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Of those delegates, 78 were pledged and 19 were unpledged. The 78 pledged delegates were allocated (pledged) to vote for a particular candidate at the National Convention according to the results of Washington's four-step caucus process. The 19 unpledged delegates were popularly called "superdelegates" because their vote represented their personal decisions, whereas the regular delegates' votes represented the collective decision of many voters. The superdelegates were free to vote for any candidate at the National Convention and were selected by the Washington State Democratic Party's officials and the pledged delegates.Washington State Delegate Selection Plan For The 2008 Democratic National Convention Washington State Democratic Party 2007-08-23 http://www.wa-democrats.org/pdf/uploaded/2008%20WA%20Delegate%20Selection%20and%20AA%20Plan%20-%20DNC%20Approved%20Final%20-%20070823%20-%20X.pdf PDF 2008-04-29 http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080423204640/http%3A//www%2Ewa%2Ddemocrats%2Eorg/pdf/uploaded/2008%2520WA%2520Delegate%2520Selection%2520and%2520AA%2520Plan%2520%2D%2520DNC%2520Approved%2520Final%2520%2D%2520070823%2520%2D%2520X%2Epdf 2008-04-23 dead Berg-Andersson Richard Washington Democrat Presidential Nominating Process The Green Papers 2008-03-01 http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/WA-D.phtml 2008-03-05 The 78 pledged delegates were further divided into 51 district delegates and 27 statewide delegates. The 51 district delegates were divided among Washington's 9 Congressional Districts and were allocated to the presidential candidates based on the caucus results in each District. The 27 statewide delegates were divided into 17 at-large delegates and 10 Party Leaders and Elected Officials (abbreviated PLEOs). They were allocated to the presidential candidates at the State Convention based on the preference of the 51 district delegates on June 13–15. Of the 19 unpledged delegates, 17 were selected in advance and 2 were selected at the State Convention. The delegates selected in advance were 7 Democratic National Committee members, the 2 Democratic U.S. Senators from Washington, Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, the 6 Democratic U.S. Representatives from Washington, and the Democratic Governor of Washington, Christine Gregoire. Delegate selection process Precinct caucuses The precinct caucuses took place on February 9, 2008. Washington's two U.S. Senators, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton earlier in the nomination season.Murray endorses Clinton http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004155427_murray31m.html Seattle Times Company 2008-01-31 2008-02-08 The week before the caucuses, Senator Barack Obama was endorsed by Washington Governor Christine Gregoire.Chris McGann Gregoire endorses Obama http://www.seattlepi.com/local/350591_gregoire09.html Seattle PI 2008-02-08 2008-02-08 The caucuses were open to all voters who would be 18 years old by November 4, 2008. To vote, participants completed a form with their contact information and candidate preference. The form also asked voters to sign an oath stating: "I declare that I consider myself to be a DEMOCRAT and I will not participate in the nomination process of any other political party for the 2008 Presidential election." In some caucus groups, members split into smaller groups according to the candidate they supported. Voters supporting non-viable candidates had the option of moving into viable groups, and voters in viable groups could change their preference.https://www.wa-democrats.org/ Washington State Democratic Party Washington State Democratic Party Unlike other state Democratic Party caucuses, Washington does not require a 15% threshold for allocation of delegates at the precinct level. Rules state that any fractional delegates remaining are awarded to the candidate with the most votes that do not have delegates. Legislative District caucuses and County conventions thumb|right|Democrats vote in the 43rd Legislative District Caucus, April 5, 2008 The second tier of the delegate selection process involved choosing 2,000 Legislative District delegates (and 1,000 alternates) to send to the Congressional District conventions on May 17 and the State Convention on June 13–15.The 2008 Washington State Democratic Caucus-Convention Cycle 46th District Democrats 2007-12-02 http://www.46dems.com/2008/caucuscycle.pdf PDF 2008-04-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20080827160906/http://www.46dems.com/2008/caucuscycle.pdf 2008-08-27 dead There are 49 Legislative Districts in Washington State. Each district was allocated a certain number of delegates.Ravens Jaxon Delegates and Alternates Allocated to each County and Legislative District for the Congressional District Caucuses and the State Convention 34th District Democrats http://www.34dems.org/Docs2008/2008-State-Delegate-Allocation.pdf PDF 2008-04-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20080909224737/http://www.34dems.org/Docs2008/2008-State-Delegate-Allocation.pdf 2008-09-09 dead Delegates were elected at either Legislative District caucuses or County conventions. Each of Washington's 39 counties has a local Democratic Party organization that determined the event at which delegate selection would take place. Most counties chose to select delegates at Legislative District caucuses on April 5. The remaining counties selected delegates at sub-caucuses during their County Conventions, most of which were held on either April 12 or April 19. The breakdown of events by date is listed below.Washington State Democrats - Legislative District Caucuses Washington State Democratic Party http://www.wa-democrats.org/index.php?page=display&id=294 2008-04-25 2008-04-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20080423181536/http://www.wa-democrats.org/index.php?page=display&id=294 dead Washington State Democrats - County Conventions Washington State Democratic Party http://www.wa-democrats.org/index.php?page=display&id=295 2008-04-25 February 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120207152901/http://www.wa-democrats.org/index.php?page=display&id=295 dead April 5 Legislative District caucuses: 1st through 6th 8th 11th 12th 16th (Benton County portion only, held at the 8th LD caucus) 21st 25th through 34th 36th through 39th 40th (San Juan County portion only) 41st through 48th County Convention: Whatcom (40th LD) April 12 County Conventions: Clallam (24th LD) Franklin (9th & 16th LDs) Grays Harbor (19th, 24th & 35th LDs) Kitsap (23rd & 35th LDs) Kittitas (13th LD) Pend Oreille (7th LD) Skagit (10th & 40th LDs) April 13 County Convention: Snohomish (10th LD) April 19 County Conventions: Asotin (9th LD) Chelan (13th LD) Clark (15th, 17th, 18th & 49th LDs) Cowlitz (18th & 19th LDs) Ferry (7th LD) Grant (13th LD) Island (10th LD) Klickitat (15th LD) Lewis (20th LD) Lincoln (7th LD) Mason (35th LD) Okanogan (7th LD) Pacific (19th LD) Skamania (15th LD) Spokane (7th & 9th LDs) Stevens (7th LD) Thurston (20th, 22nd & 35th LDs) Wahkiakum (19th LD) Whitman (9th LD) Yakima (13th, 14th & 15th LDs) April 20 County Convention: Walla Walla (16th LD) April 26 County Convention: Jefferson (24th LD) Unknown date County Conventions: Adams (9th LD) Garfield (9th LD) Columbia (16th LD) Congressional district caucuses Fifty-one delegates were chosen at the nine congressional district caucuses. Each district was allotted a different number of delegates: CD 1: 6 CD 2: 6 CD 3: 5 CD 4: 3 CD 5: 5 CD 6: 6 CD 7: 9 CD 8: 6 CD 9: 5 State convention Twenty-nine delegates were chosen at the state convention, twenty-seven of which were pledged to vote for a particular candidate. Seventeen of these pledged delegates were "at-large" delegates that did not represent a specific Washington congressional district, and ten were party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs). Polls Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries#Washington Results Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries Precinct caucuses Caucus date: February 9, 2008 National pledged delegates determined: 0 (of 78) 2008 Washington Democratic presidential precinct caucuses96.4% of precincts reportingCaucus Results by Jurisdiction http://www.wa-democrats.org/index.php?page=display&id=273 Washington State Democratic Party 2008-02-12 2008-02-12 2008-02-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20080227202702/http://www.wa-democrats.org/index.php?page=display&id=273 dead CandidatePrecinct delegatesPercentageEstimated national delegates Barack Obama 21,768 67.56% 52 Hillary Clinton 10,038 31.15% 26 Other 50 0.16% 0 Uncommitted 364 1.13% 0 Totals32,220100.00%78 Primary The Washington State Democratic Party did not use the results of the primary to determine its delegates. Primary date: February 19, 2008 National pledged delegates determined: 0 (of 78) Key: Withdrewprior to contest 2008 Washington Democratic presidential primaryPresident - Democratic Party Federal (Statewide) http://vote.wa.gov/elections/wei/Results.aspx?ElectionID=3&RaceID=0&RaceTypeCode=O Washington Secretary of State 2008-03-07 2008-03-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20080507212943/http://vote.wa.gov/elections/wei/Results.aspx?ElectionID=3&RaceID=0&RaceTypeCode=O 2008-05-07 dead CandidateVotesPercentage Barack Obama 354,112 51.22% Hillary Clinton 315,744 45.67% John Edwards 11,892 1.72% Dennis Kucinich 4,021 0.58% Bill Richardson 2,040 0.30% Joe Biden 1,883 0.27% Mike Gravel 1,071 0.15% Christopher Dodd 618 0.09% Totals691,381100.00% Legislative district caucuses and county conventions Dashes indicate districts for which results are unavailable. Caucus/Convention dates: April 5–26, 2008 National pledged delegates determined: 0 (of 78) Washington Democratic Legislative District Caucusesand County Conventions, 200861% of districts reporting LegislativeDistrict BarackObama HillaryClinton Total State Delegatesfrom this LDLD1DeGolier Cheryl LD Caucus Results and Observations Snohomish County Democrats 2008-04-06 http://www.snohomishdemocrats.org/?q=LDcaucusresults 2008-04-27 321244LD2Yelm Starts Democrat Caucuses The Olympian Online http://www.theolympian.com/election/story/410641.html https://archive.today/20140913224221/http://www.theolympian.com/election/story/410641.html dead 2014-09-13 2008-04-26 261440LD3 – –33LD4 – –38LD52008 Legislative District Caucuses 5th District Democrats http://5thdems.org/2008-legislative-district-caucuses/ 2008-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20080410231154/http://5thdems.org/2008-legislative-district-caucuses/ 2008-04-10 dead 361248LD6Brewer Andrew Final Credentials Report April 5th 6th LD Caucus 6th Legislative District Democrats http://web.mac.com/abrewer/6th_LD_Democrats_WA/LD_Caucus_April_5th_Election_Results.html 2008-04-28 October 2010 H3llBot291544LD7 – –34LD8 – –33LD9 – –33LD10 – –43LD11Brede Alene April 5th 11th LD Preliminary Caucus Results 11th Legislative District Democrats http://www.11thlddems.org/ 2008-04-28 261036LD12 – –31LD13 – –28LD14 – –27LD15 – –26LD16 – –28LD17 – –39LD18 – –44LD19 – –38LD20The 20th LD met at 2 different places: the Thurston and Lewis County Conventions. Thurston County portion Caucus Results Thurston County Democrats http://thurstondemocrats.org/node/731 2008-05-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20080510134401/http://www.thurstondemocrats.org/node/731 2008-05-10 dead Lewis County Portion Delegates elected to state Lewis County Democrats http://www.lewiscountydemocrats.net/20thleg/index.htm/ 2008-05-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080420122751/http://www.lewiscountydemocrats.net/20thleg/index.htm April 20, 2008 mdy-all 251338LD21 – –40LD22Caucus Results Thurston County Democrats http://thurstondemocrats.org/node/731 2008-04-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20080510134401/http://www.thurstondemocrats.org/node/731 2008-05-10 dead 361349LD23LD Caucus Results were https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt2-2k0E6pY https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/rt2-2k0E6pY 2021-12-21 live 2008-05-10 341145LD24The 24th LD met at 3 different places: the Clallam, Grays Harbor, and Jefferson County Conventions. Clallam County portion 2008 Elected Delegates Clallam Democrats http://www.clallamdemocrats.org/News%20&%20Views/News%20&%20Views.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080509145446/http://www.clallamdemocrats.org/News%20%26%20Views/News%20%26%20Views.htm 2008-05-09 2008-05-15 dead Jefferson County Portion Results of the Jefferson County Convention, April 26, 2008 Jefferson County Democrats http://jeffcodemocrats.com/ 2008-05-15 Grays Harbor portion (still waiting)281047LD25Stokes Charley HUNDREDS OF ENTHUSIASTIC DEMOCRATS FILL PHS AUDITORIUM 25th Legislative District Democrats http://25dems.org/focus/May08FOCUS.pdf 2008-05-10 261541LD26www.26dems.org/Pages/caucus.htm http://www.26dems.org/Pages/caucus.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080509085205/http://www.26dems.org/Pages/caucus.htm 2008-05-09 dead281442LD2727th LD CD Caucus and WS Convention Del and Alt 2008 27th Legislative District Democrats http://www.27thdems.org/documents/27th%20CD%20Caucus%20Dels%20%20Alts%202008.pdf 2008-05-15 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080909224737/http://www.27thdems.org/documents/27th%20CD%20Caucus%20Dels%20%20Alts%202008.pdf September 9, 2008 271239LD28 – –34LD29 – –30LD30 – –35LD31www.31stdistrictdemocrats.org/LDcaucusdelegates.htm http://www.31stdistrictdemocrats.org/LDcaucusdelegates.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110724204506/http://www.31stdistrictdemocrats.org/LDcaucusdelegates.htm dead 2011-07-24221638LD3232ld.snohomishdemocrats.org/?q=2008_LD_Caucus http://32ld.snohomishdemocrats.org/?q=2008_LD_Caucus https://archive.today/20130705020136/http://32ld.snohomishdemocrats.org/?q=2008_LD_Caucus dead 2013-07-05361450LD33www.33rddems.org/caucus2008.php http://www.33rddems.org/caucus2008.phpNovember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 231235LD34www.34dems.org/news_caucus-2008-ldresults.htm http://www.34dems.org/news_caucus-2008-ldresults.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120511011925/http://www.34dems.org/news_caucus-2008-ldresults.htm 2012-05-11 dead381351LD35The 35th LD met at 4 different places: the Mason, Thurston, Grays Harbor, and Kitsap County Conventions. Mason County portion Results Mason County Democratic Central Committee http://www.masoncountydemocrats.com/ 2008-04-28 Thurston County portion: Caucus Results Thurston County Democrats http://thurstondemocrats.org/ 2008-04-2815841LD36www.37dems.org/ http://www.37dems.org/ 521567LD3738947LD38www.snohomishdemocrats.org/?q=node/462 http://www.snohomishdemocrats.org/?q=node/462 April 25, 2008 November 16, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181116075916/https://www.snohomishdemocrats.org/?q=node/462 dead 231134LD39wa-democrats-39ld.org/ http://wa-democrats-39ld.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130722142035/http://wa-democrats-39ld.org/ 2013-07-22 dead271239LD40The 40th LD met at 3 different places: the Whatcom County Convention, the Skagit County Convention, and San Juan county's 40th LD caucus. Skagit County portion: Delegates by the Numbers Skagit Valley Herald A-6 2008-04-13 Whatcom County portion: McClendon Natalie Local Democrats Elect Delegates to Congressional District Caucus Whatcom County Democrats 2008-04-12 http://www.whatcomdemocrats.com/ 2008-04-28 San Juan portion: San Juan 2008 Results of the 40th Legislative District Caucus Democrats of San Juan County Washington http://www.sjdemocrats.org/ 2008-04-2836947LD4141st Legislative District Caucus Results 41st District Democrats 2008-04-11 http://www.41dems.org/ 2008-04-28361349LD42McClendon Natalie Local Democrats Elect Delegates to Congressional District Caucus Whatcom County Democrats 2008-04-12 http://www.whatcomdemocrats.com/ 2008-04-28331043LD43Caucus Results 43rd District Democrats of Washington http://www.43rddems.org/ 2008-04-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060823110920/http://www.43rddems.org/ 2006-08-23 531467LD44DeWitt Rick Legislative District Caucus 44th Legislative District Democrats of Washington State http://www.44thdems.org/meetings/ld_caucus/index.html 2008-04-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080819235047/http://www.44thdems.org/meetings/ld_caucus/index.html August 19, 2008 301343LD4545th LD Democrats - Caucus Information 45th District Democrats http://www.45thdemocrats.org/Caucus.php 2008-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20080308110148/http://www.45thdemocrats.org/Caucus.php 2008-03-08 dead 331245LD46WA46Dems - LD Caucus Results 46th District Democrats http://www.46dems.com/2008/ldcaucusresults.php 2008-04-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20080629024837/http://www.46dems.com/2008/ldcaucusresults.php 2008-06-29 dead 451560LD47LD Caucus Results 47th District Democrats http://www.wa47dems.org/ 2008-05-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20060626234421/http://wa47dems.org/ 2006-06-26 dead 271138LD48LD Caucus Results 48th District Democrats http://48thdems.org/content.php?pid=49 2008-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20100806210417/http://48thdems.org/content.php?pid=49 2010-08-06 dead 301141LD49 – –38 Totals9503692,000 Estimatednational delegates0078 Congressional district caucuses Caucus date: May 17, 2008 National pledged delegates determined: 51 (of 78) 2008 Washington Democratic Congressional District Caucuses0% of districts reportingCongressional DistrictNational Delegates ObamaWA National Delegate List Obama Campaign http://www.obamadelegates.org/page/WA+National+Delegate+List 2008-05-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20080609042847/http://www.obamadelegates.org/page/WA+National+Delegate+List 2008-06-09 usurped National Delegates ClintonDerived by deducting reported Obama numbers from total delegates for each CD.National Delegates Total CD1DeGolier Cheryl 1st Congressional District Caucus Results 1st District Democrats 2008-05-19 http://www.1stdems.org/node/565 2008-05-20 November 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 4 2 6 CD2 4 2 6 CD3 3 2 5 CD4 2 1 3 CD5 3 2 5 CD6 4 2 6 CD7CD Caucus Results 46th District Democrats http://www.46dems.com/2008/cdcaucusresults.php 2008-05-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20080827160037/http://www.46dems.com/2008/cdcaucusresults.php 2008-08-27 dead 7 2 9 CD8 4 2 6 CD9 3 2 5 Totals341751 State convention Convention date: June 13–15, 2008 National pledged delegates determined: 27 (of 78) Washington Democratic State Convention, 2008CandidateAt-Large and PLEO delegatesPercentageNational delegates Barack Obama 18 66.67% 52 Hillary Clinton 9 33.33% 26 Totals27100.00%78 See also 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Washington Republican presidential caucuses and primary References Washington 2008 Category:2008 Washington (state) elections Category:February 2008 in the United States