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Tennessee’s superdelegation
Posted By katie allison granju
There’s a very informative round-up of which way Tennessee’s superdelegates are swaying over at Tennessee Journalist:
As of March 9, four of Tennessee’s superdelegates support Obama and four support Clinton. The rest officially remain uncommitted.
After originally supporting Sen. John Edwards, Elisa Parker of the state DNC announced that she will support Clinton shortly after Edwards withdrew from the race.
Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis offered his endorsement of Sen. Obama the night before the Tennessee primarier and later went on to pledge his delegate to Obama at the convention.
“[Obama] will demand higher ethical standards so that the government finally belongs to the people once again, and he will bring our troops home,” Cohen said in the statement. “This nation can be proud to have such a candidate running for president.”
Cohen’s endorsement of Obama came as a surprise to many as he strongly supported Bill Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas and in his presidential campaigns.
Rep. Jim Cooper, Will Cheek and Lois Deberry of the DNC also supported Obama.
Clinton found support from DNC members Jimmie Farris, Myron Lowery, William Owen and Elisa Parker.
Tennessee Superdelegates
Democratic National Committee
- Will Cheek, Nashville, Tenn. - Obama - A former state party chairman.
- Inez Crutchfield, Nashville, Tenn. - uncommitted - First African-American member of Davidson County Democratic Women.
- Lois M. Deberry, Memphis, Tenn. - Obama - The current Speaker Pro Tempore of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
- Jimmie Farris, - Clinton - The wife of the late William Farris who was chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party.
- Myron Lowery - Clinton - This Memphis City Councilman, addressed the Democratic National Convention in 1996.
- William Owen, Knoxville, Tenn. - Clinton - A former state senator, Owen is a consultant and lobbyist based in Knoxville.
- Elisa Parker, Franklin, Tenn. - Clinton - Vice Chair of Tennessee Democratic Party.
- Gray Sasser, Nashville, Tenn. - uncommitted - The son of former U.S. Sen. Jim Sasser, has served as legal counsel for the Tennessee Democratic Party for four years.
Democratic Governor
- Phil Bredesen - uncommitted - Governor of Tennessee since 2003, formerly mayor of Nashville.
U.S. House of Representatives
- Steve Cohen, Memphis, Tenn. - Obama - Representative from Tennessee’s 9th district, which consists of all of Shelby County and most of Memphis.
- Jim Cooper, Shelbyville, Tenn. - Obama - Representative from Tennessee’s 5th district, which is located in Middle Tennessee and includes parts of Davidson County, Wilson County and Cheatham County.
- Lincoln Davis, Paul Mall, Tenn. - uncommitted - Representative from Tennessee’s 4th district, which stretches through East and Middle Tennessee.
- Bart Gordon, Murfreesboro, Tenn. - uncommitted - Representative from Tennessee’s 6th district, which consists of East Nashville and other Middle Tennessee cities.
- John Tanner, Halls, Tenn. - uncommitted - Representative from Tennessee’s 8th district, which is made up of Northwestern Tennessee including Union City and Jackson.
Distinguished Party Leaders
- Al Gore, Carthage, Tenn. - uncommitted - Former vice-president of the United States, former representative of Tennessee’s 6th district.
Mar 10th, 2008
