Who are the Superdelegates, and How Will They Vote

So, you thought your vote counted? Silly rabbit, elections are for Superdelegates. Today's New York Post has a great article summarizing how the Superdelegates are lined up, and who has yet to commit to a candidate. As we are looking more and more like we are heading for a brokered convention, this list is important to keep in mind.

WHAT ARE SUPERDELEGATES?

* Superdelegates gain automatic entry to the Democratic National Convention based on their status as current or former elected officeholders and party officials.
* They can support any candidate.
* They make up about 20 percent of the delegates' total at the Convention.
* About 794 superdelegates will be at the Convention.
794 SUPERDELEGATES
Clinton: 242 pledged to date
Obama: 210 pledged to date

THE UNDECIDED

With the delegates who are determined by votes, called "pledged delegates," so close - 1,588 to 1,465, favoring Obama - the Democratic nomination (which requires 2,025 delegates) will come down to the whim of superdelegates.

Here are the ones still straddling the fence:

76 ADD-ON DELEGATES

The biggest wildcard of all. These are superdelegate spots given almost as honorariums in the next few months. Most slots are empty and will be lobbied fiercely if the race goes to the convention.

19 DISTINGUISHED PARTY LEADERS

Clinton holds the edge here, but considering how much she and Bill have dissed Al Gore and Jimmy Carter, expect Obama to pick up a delegate or two.

Clinton: 10
Obama: 4
Uncommitted: 5

* Jimmy Carter (Former President)
* Al Gore (Former Vice President)
* George Mitchell (Former Senate Majority Leader)
* Roy Romer (Former DNC Chairman)
* Robert Schwarz Strauss (Former DNC Chairman)

31 DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS
(including the Mayor of DC and Governors of Territories)
Bill Richardson is a heavily-courted "influence" vote in this category, while most of the other governors are seeing how their constituents vote in late primaries before deciding.

Clinton: 10
Obama: 11
Uncommitted: 10

* Steve Beshear (Kentucky)
* Phil Bredesen (Tennessee)
* Mike Easley (North Carolina)
* Dave Freudenthal (Wyoming)
* Brad Henry (Oklahoma)
* John Lynch (New Hampshire)
* Joe Manchin (West Virginia)
* Bill Richardson (New Mexico)
* Bill Ritter (Colorado)
* Brian Schweitzer (Montana)

48 MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
(46 Senators and the 2 Shadow Senators from DC)
Both Clinton and Obama have good reputations in the Senate, but Clinton had more time to make alliances. Most of them are waiting until the last minute to see which way the wind blows.

Clinton: 12
Obama: 15
Uncommitted: 20

* Daniel Akaka (Hawaii)
* Max Baucus (Montana)
* Joe Biden (Delaware)
* Jeff Bingaman (New Mexico)
* Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
* Robert Byrd (West Virginia)
* Ben Cardin (Maryland)
* Thomas R. Carper (Delaware)
* Bob Casey, Jr. (Pennsylvania)
* Tom Harkin (Iowa)
* Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota)
* Herb Kohl (Wisconsin)
* Mary Landrieu (Louisiana)
* Frank Lautenberg (New Jersey)
* Jack Reed (Rhode Island)
* Harry Reid (Nevada)
* Ken Salazar (Colorado)
* John Tester (Montana)
* Jim Webb (Virginia)
* Ron Wyden (Oregon)

400 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
(Actually 404 delegates with 400 votes, considering the 8 Democrats Abroad delegates with 1/2 vote.)
Simultaneously the largest and most slippery of groups. Though they have ties to geographic areas, these Democratic party officials may have worked for one candidate or another (even ones that dropped out) and follow their leads instead.

Clinton: 136
Obama: 97
Unassigned: 7
Uncommitted: 152

* Steven Achelpohl (Nebraska DNC State Chair)
* Joyce Beatty (Ohio DNC Dem. Legislative Campaig* Comm.)
* Don Bivens (Arizona DNC State Chair)
* Anita Bonds (District of Columbia DNC District Chair)
* Bill Bradbury (Oregon DNC)
* Joyce Brayboy (North Carolina DNC)
* Donna Brazile (District of Carolina DNC)
* Scott Brennan (Iowa DNC)
* Roy LaVerne Brooks (Texas DNC State Vice Chair)
* Ray Buckley (New Hampshire DNC State Chair)
* William Burga (Ohio DNC)
* Carol Burke (Virginia DNC)
* Luisette Cabanas (Puerto Rico DNC Territory Vice Chair)
* Margarett Campbell (Montana DNC State Vice Chair)
* Robin Carnahan (Missouri DNC Dem. Asso. of Sec. of State)
* Nick Casey Jr. (West Virginia DNC State Chair)
* Maria Chappelle-Nadal (Missouri DNC)
* Antonio Charfauros (Guam DNC Territory Chair)
* Linda Chavez-Thompson (Texas DNC DNC Vice Chair)
* Gilda Cobb-Hunter (South Carolina DNC)
* Larry Cohen (District of Columbia DNC)
* Brian Colon (New Mexico DNC State Chair)
* Ed Cote (Washington DNC)
* Dr. Jeanette Council (North Carolina DNC)
* C. Richard Cranwell (Virginia DNC State Chair)
* Dr. Inez Crutchfield (Tennessee DNC)
* Michael Cryor (Maryland DNC State Chair)
* Jean Lemire Dahlman (Montana DNC)
* John Daniello (Delaware DNC State Chair)
* Ralph Dawson (New York DNC)
* Howard Dean (Vermont DNC DNC Chairman)
* Nancy DiNardo (Connecticut DNC State Chair)
* Frank Dixon (Oregon DNC State Vice Chair)
* Wayne Dowdy (Mississippi DNC State Chair)
* Nancy Drummond (Wyoming DNC State Vice Chair)
* Al Edwards (Texas DNC)
* Edward Espinoza (California DNC)
* Carnelia Pettis Fondren (Mississippi DNC State Vice Chair)
* Jim Frasier (Oklahoma DNC)
* Kalyn Free (Oklahoma DNC)
* John Gage (Maryland DNC)
* Larry Gates (Kansas DNC State Chair)
* Yvonne Gates (Nevada DNC)
* William George (Pennsylvania DNC)
* Alice Germond (West Virginia DNC Secretary)
* Lauren Glover(Maryland DNC State Vice Chair)
* Jaime Gonzalez Jr. (Texas DNC)
* Enid Goubeaux (Ohio DNC)
* Jenny Greenleaf (Oregon DNC)
* David Hardt (Texas DNC Young Dems of America)
* Inola Henry (California DNC)
* Alexis Herman (Virginia DNC)
* Wayne Holland Jr. (Utah DNC State Chair)
* Ivan Holmes (Oklahoma DNC State Chair)
* Wilbur Lee Jeffcoat (South Carolina DNC State Vice Chair)
* Blake Johnson (Alaska DNC State Vice Chair)
* Joe Johnson (Virginia DNC)
* Awais Khaleel (Wisconisn DNC College Dems of America)
* Wayne Kinney (Oregon DNC)
* Helen Knetzer (Kansas DNC Nat'l Fed. of Dem. Women)
* Debra Kozikowski (Massachusetts DNC)
* Nancy Larson (Minnesota DNC)
* Claude "Buddy" Leach (Louisiana DNC)
* Jim Leaman (Virginia DNC)
* Belkis Leong-Hong (Maryland DNC)
* Sam Lieberman (Nevada DNC State Chair)
* Richard Machacek (Iowa DNC)
* Eileen Macoll (Washington DNC State Vice Chair)
* Cecilia Mafnas (Guam DNC Territory Vice Chair)
* Ronald Malone (Ohio DNC)
* Pat Maroney (West Virginia DNC)
* Christine Marques (Dems Abroad Chairn)
* Robert Martinez (Texas DNC)
* Sophie Masloff (Pennsylvania DNC)
* Sharon Mast (Washington DNC)
* Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada DNC Dem. Attorneys Gen. Assoc.)
* David McDonald (Washington DNC)
* Dennis McDonald (Montana DNC State Chair)
* Leila Medley (Missouri DNC)
* Jerry Meek (North Carolina DNC State Chair)
* Carole Migden (California DNC)
* Heather Mizeur (Maryland DNC)
* Mona Mohib (District of Columbia DNC)
* Jennifer Moore (Kentucky DNC State Chair)
* Rita Moran (Maine DNC)
* Theresa Morelli (Dems Abroadn)
* Mike Morgan (Oklahoma DNC Dem. Legislative Campaign Comm.)
* Patricia Moss (Ohio DNC)
* Bob Mulholland (California DNC)
* Philip D. Murphy (New Jersey DNC National Finance Chair)
* Mary Jo Neville (Maryland DNC)
* Cynthia Nunley (Wyoming DNC)
* Muriel Offerman (North Carolina DNC)
* John Olsen (Connecticut DNC)
* Audra Ostergard (Nebraska DNC State Vice Chair)
* David Parker (North Carolina DNC)
* Jay Parmley (Oklahoma DNC)
* John Patrick (Texas DNC)
* Gregory Pecoraro (Maryland DNC)
* Christine Pelosi (California DNC)
* Dwight Pelz (Washington DNC State Chair)
* John A. Perez (California DNC)
* Carol Peterson (North Carolina DNC)
* Robert Ramirez (New York DNC)
* Robert Rankin (California DNC)
* Gail Rasmussen (Orego* DNC)
* Richard Ray (Georgia DNC)
* Chris Redfern (Ohio DNC State Chair)
* Betty Richie (Texas DNC)
* Boyd Richie (Texas DNC State Chair)
* Keith Roark (Indiana DNC State Chair)
* Kevin Rodriguez (Virginia DNC)
* Carol Ronen (Illinois DNC)
* Eliseo Roques-Arroyo (Puerto Rico DNC)
* James Roosevelt Jr (Massachusetts DNC)
* Everett Sanders (Mississippi DNC)
* Gray Sasser (Tennessee DNC State Chair)
* Melissa Schroeder (Wisconsin DNC)
* Lottie Shackelford (Arkansas DNC DNC Vice Chair)
* Edward Smith (Illinois DNC)
* Harriet Smith-Windsor (Delaware DNC State Vice Chair)
* Nathan Smith (Kentucky DNC State Vice Chair)
* Cindy Spanyers (Alaska DNC)
* Sam Spencer (Maine DNC)
* Marylyn Stapleton (Virginia DNC Territory Vice Chair)
* Irene Stein (New York DNC)
* Crystal Strait (California DNC Young Dems of America)
* David Strauss (North Dakota DNC State Chair)
* Dr. Marie Dolly Strazar (Hawaii DNC)
* Joh* Sweeney (Maryland DNC)
* Taling Taitano (Guam DNC)
* Lena Taylor (Wisconsin DNC State Vice Chair)
* Joh* Temporiti (Missouri DNC State Chair)
* Connie Thurman (Indiana DNC)
* Art Torres (California DNC State Chair)
* Susan Turnbull (Maryland DNC DNC Vice Chair)
* Joe Turnham (Alabama DNC State Chair)
* Keith Umemoto (California DNC)
* Robert Underwood (Guam GU DNC)
* Pat Waak (Colorado DNC State Chair)
* Christine Warnke (District of Columbia DNC Nat'l Dem. Ethnic Coord. Comm.)
* Yolanda Wheat (Missouri DNC State Vice Chair)
* Chris Whittington (Lousiana DNC State Chair)
* Jerome Wiley Segovia (Virginia DNC)
* Mary Lou Winters (Louisiana DNC State Vice Chair)
* Joshua Wisch (Hawaii DNC State Vice Chair)
* Beverly Withington (Hawaii DNC State Chair)
* Margie Woods (Illinois DNC Nat'l Dem. County Officials)
* Meredith Woods-Smith (Oregon DNC State Chair)
* Nancy Worley (Alabama DNC State Vice Chair)
* Steve Ybarra (California DNC)
* Paula Zellner (Wisconsin DNC)

10 who took sides last week
* Barbara Boxer (California) Member of the Senate: Clinton
* Nick Rahall (West Virginia) Member of the House: Obama
* Teresa Benitez-Thompson (Nevada DNC State Vice Chair): Obama
* Moretta Bosley (Kentucky DNC): Clinton
* Richard Donatucci (Pennsylvania DNC): Clinton
* Herma* Farrell Jr. (New York DNC): Clinton
* Janice Griffin (Maryland DNC): Obama
* Aleita Huguenin (California DNC): Clinton
* Jane Kidd (Georgia DNC State Chair): Obama
* Darlena Williams-Burnett (Illinois DNC): Obama
"The new voters he has brought to the process this year and the new direction, in my opinion, add up to what our country needs.''
- West Virginia Congressman Nick Rahall tells Congressional Quarterly he has endorsed Barack Obama.

220 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
(includes 4 Congressional Delegates from DC and from the Territories)
Many have followed the lead of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who is holding off her vote until the pledged delegate count becomes clearer. There will be heavy pressure for representatives to vote in accordance with their districts, which helps Clinton slightly since she won bigger states.

Clinton: 72
Obama: 69
Uncommitted: 76

* Tom Allen (Maine)
* Jason Altmire (Pennsylvania)
* Howard Berman (California)
* Madeleine Bordallo (Guam)
* Dan Boren (Oklahoma)
* Nancy Boyda (Kansas)
* Bob Brady (Pennsylvania)
* Bruce Braley (Iowa)
* Lois Capps (California)
* Chris Carney (Pennsylvania)
* Ben Chandler (Kentucky)
* Jim Clyburn (South Carolina)
* Jim Costa (California)
* Joe Courtney (Connecticut)
* Bud Cramer (Alabama)
* Lincoln Davis (Tennessee)
* Susan Davis (California)
* Peter DeFazio (Oregon)
* Joe Donnelly (Indiana)
* Mike Doyle (Pennsylvania)
* Brad Ellsworth (Indiana)
* Rahm Emanuel (Illinois)
* Bob Etheridge (North Carolina)
* Sam Farr (California)
* Bob Filner (California)
* Gabrielle Giffords (Arizona)
* Bart Gordon (Tennessee)
* Baron Hill (Indiana)
* Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)
* Tim Holden (Pennsylvania)
* Rush Holt (New Jersey)
* Mike Honda (California)
* Steny Hoyer (Maryland)
* William Jefferson (Louisiana)
* Marcia Kaptur (Ohio)
* Dennis Kucinich (Ohio)
* Nick Lampson (Texas)
* Rick Larsen (Washington)
* Dan Lipinski (Illinois)
* Edward Markey (Massachusetts)
* Jim Marshall (Georgia)
* Jim Matheson (Utah)
* Jim McDermott (Washington)
* Mike McIntyre (North Carolina)
* Jerry McNerney (California)
* Charlie Melancon (Louisiana)
* Michael Michaud (Maine)
* Brad Miller (North Carolina)
* Harry Mitchell (Arizona)
* Alan Mollohan (West Virginia)
* Dennis Moore (Kansas)
* John Murtha (Pennsylvania)
* John Olver (Massachusetts)
* Nancy Pelosi (California)
* Collin Peterson (Minnesota)
* David Price (North Carolina)
* Ciro Rodriguez (Texas)
* Tim Ryan (Ohio)
* John Salazar (Colorado)
* John Sarbanes (Maryland)
* Heath Shuler (North Carolina)
* Ike Skelton (Missouri)
* Zack Space (Ohio)
* John Spratt (South Carolina)
* Pete Stark (California)
* Betty Sutton (Ohio)
* John Tanner (Tennessee)
* Gene Taylor (Mississippi)
* John Tierney (Massachusetts)
* Niki Tsongas (Massachusetts)
* Mark Udall (Colorado)
* Tom Udall (New Mexico)
* Chris Van Hollen (Maryland)
* Peter Visclosky (Indiana)
* Mel Watt (North Carolina)
* Henry Waxman (California)
* Charlie Wilson (Ohio)
* David Wu (Oregon)

-- Editors Note -- Sorry for the long list of names, I had trouble getting the list into columns. Lawhawk, if you can get the names into neat columns, please feel free to edit the post. Thanks.