After last week’s results, Seven Democratic Presidential Candidates have earned at least One Pledged Delegate to the Democratic National Convention (DNC): Michael Bloomberg, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren.
Four of those Candidates: Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and Warren, Suspended their Presidential Campaigns. This then begs the question: What will happen to their Delegates?
The Delegate Selection Rules for the 2020 DNC include Two Provisions dealing with the Binding of Delegates to the Candidates they Supported at the time of their Selection.
Rule 13.I (p. 14) - "No delegate at any level of the delegate selection process shall be mandated by law or Party rule to vote contrary to that person’s presidential choice as expressed at the time the delegate is elected."
Rule 13.J (p. 14) - "Delegates elected to the national convention pledged to a presidential candidate shall in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them."
Outside of these Clauses, the Delegate Selection Rules Don’t include Guidelines for Pledged Delegates Allocated to Candidates who Withdraw from the Race.
Twelve out of 50 States have Laws providing Instructions about the Release of these Delegates. These States have established Provisions that Release Delegates in up to Three Ways: Upon a Candidate's Withdrawal, At the Candidate's Direction, or After a Specific Number of Ballots have been taken at the DNC.
Eight States: Arizona, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, and Tennessee, allow for the Release of Pledged Delegates either upon a Candidate's Withdrawal, at the Candidate's Direction, or After a Specific Number of Ballots have been taken at the DNC. Indiana Only allows for the Release of Pledged Delegates after a Specific Number of Ballots. The other Three States: Connecticut, Georgia, and Oklahoma, allow Pledged Delegates to be Released either upon a Candidate's Withdrawal or at the Candidate's Direction.
Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, conducted their Primaries last week. Thirty-Nine Pledged Delegates were Allocated. Based on those Results to Candidates who have Ended their Presidential Campaigns: Warren (27) and Bloomberg (12).
Based on the Latest Projections, 157 Pledged Delegates have been Allocated to Candidates who are No Longer Running: Warren (64), Bloomberg (60), Buttigieg (26), and Klobuchar (7).
Of the Remaining Candidates Pledged Delegates: Biden (has 638), Sanders (563), and Gabbard (2).
There have been 1,360 Pledged Delegates Allocated Overall.
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