“We recognize everything that Bernie Sanders has done, finding the demographics that he did, and I respect that”. Heidi Heitkamp has endorsed Clinton, national committeeman Chad Nodland is supporting Sanders and the other three are uncommitted. Jeff Merkley of OR, the lone Democratic U.S. senator to have endorsed Bernie Sanders, told the convention gathering that the party must unite behind Clinton in order to defeat Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
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A similar entreaty by Democratic U.S. Sen. That day, hundreds of Democratic delegates approved a new party platform and approved a symbolic resolution declaring the state Democratic Party’s support for Sanders. The final touches – his teeth and a bird on his shoulder – were added on Friday, the first day of the convention.
Legislative district Democrats met June 7th to select their choices to go to the national convention.
Sanders, an independent who has billed himself as a Democratic socialist, has railed against what he calls an economy rigged against the middle class and the influence of money in politics, among other issues.
The national group Black Men for Bernie will hold a press conference Tuesday in St. Louis, promoting its message that African-American voters should back presidential candidate Bernie Sanders instead of Hillary Clinton. “That is one thing I’m really proud of”.
Numerous changes were sought by supporters of Bernie Sanders, but Hillary Clinton backers also endorsed the effort, resulting in the resolution being unanimously approved at the state party’s executive board meeting on Sunday.
Sanders, who hasn’t yet conceded the race to Clinton but has no conceivable way to win the nomination, is reportedly still trying to get rid of the super delegate mechanism before he steps aside. Most of the state’s superdelegates, including Gov. Jay Inslee and the state’s Democratic members of Congress, have indicated they’ll support Clinton in July.
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The convention started Friday, with delegate meetings ranging from workshops on grassroots organizing to meetings on resolutions related to the platform. Most of the Republican delegates chosen at Washington’s convention were supporters of Texas Sen.
