Harris Co. Dems release caucus numbers

See below for the release, I've highlighted the numbers portion.  Bottom line:  Obama wins caucuses in Harris County, not a big surprise, but here you go...

(Houston, TX) - A record number of Harris County voters -- nearly 120,000 -- attended their local March 4th Democratic precinct conventions according to tabulations released by the Harris County Democratic Party.  With 850 of the county's 874 precincts reporting, preliminary results show 114,648 people signed in to support their candidate and elect delegates to the upcoming Senate District Convention on March 29th. 

"The monumental turn out in both the primary election and precinct conventions are a testament to the energy and enthusiasm of Democrats in Harris County," said Harris County Democratic Party Chair Gerry Birnberg. 

At every precinct convention, delegates were elected based on the number of participants who signed in for each candidate.  Of the 114,648 caucus-goers in Harris County, 69% (79,113 people) indicated a preference for Senator Barack Obama for president, while 30.6% (35,123 people) signed in with a presidential preference for Senator Hillary Clinton. Another 412 attendees (0.4%) signed in as uncommitted or preferring some other presidential candidate. It is estimated that the 24 outstanding precincts account for approximately 5,000 more convention attendees.

Based on results from the 850 reporting precincts, Senator Obama would be entitled to 8,657 delegates (65.8%) to the Senate district conventions, Senator Clinton would be entitled to 4,469 delegates (34%) and 25 delegates (0.2% of the county total) would be uncommitted. There are approximately 385 delegate positions available in the 24 outstanding precincts.

Just like the precinct level, Senate district convention attendees will elect delegates to the State Convention in Austin based on the number of people who sign in for each candidate.  Delegates to the State Convention will then elect a total of 67 delegates to the National Convention in Denver based on the presidential preferences of delegates selected at the senatorial district conventions. 

All of the above figures are unofficial and preliminary. Credentials committees from the seven senatorial districts which are wholly or partially located within Harris County will determine the eligibility of precinct conventions attendees, which could slightly alter the allocation of delegates between presidential contenders.  It is also possible that some precinct conventions may not have elected the full complement of delegates authorized for that precinct.

In addition to the caucus process, Texas Democrats elect some national convention delegates based on the results of the primary election.   A record 410,908 people voted in the March 4th Democratic primary election in Harris County. Senator Obama received 55.7% (226,610 votes) in Harris County, entitling him to 17 national convention delegates (56.7% of the total).  Senator Clinton received 43.3% (176,268 votes) in this county, entitling her to 13 national convention delegates (43.3% of the total) from Harris County.

Comments

[greg lamb]

Ms.Miya....why is it not being told of how if it had not been for the rep. who cross over (ruffly 100,000) Mrs.Clinton would not have won texas......so she really don't have the votes she think she have.......

[D D Gregersen]

I just spoke with Senate District 13 convention attendants who told me that there was gang politics and voter fraud discovered during the convention. Persons who voted for Obama had voted 4 and 5 times and there were delegates voted into the convention, who showed up a precinct level and were not part of the precinct. When the extra votes were discovered a motion was brought forward to cancel the multi-votes and the Obama crowd went wild and called the vote down. When the invalid delegates were identified another motion wes brought forward to have them removed and again the gang politics of the Obama crowd yelled and jeered and called down the vote. The participants of the convention are calling the media and reporting the voter fraud I hope that it is investigated. This does nothing for the party except show it will do whatever it takes to win even if it means stuffing the ballot box - that's impressive.