A new Maine superdelegate
Maine's Democratic Party's superdelegate contingent changed once again on Sunday when Jennifer DeChant reclaimed her superdelegate status.
DeChant had lost her status for missing three party meetings in a row. The party held a vote this weekend at its bimonthly meeting in Augusta, and DeChant won.
The vote means that Rita Moran of Winthrop, who had been chosen to replace DeChant, will not be a superdelegate to the national Democratic convention.
DeChant said she would continue to wait before endorsing Sens. Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. She wants to cast her vote in a way that would reflect the popular vote from Maine's Democratic Caucuses, which Obama won by a 19-point margin over Clinton, 59 to 40.
Maine now has eight super delegates: Gov. John Baldacci, Rep. Tom Allen, Rep. Michael Michaud, Democratic Party Chairman John Knutson, vice-chairwoman Marianne Stevens, Sam Spencer and DeChant.
Knutson gets to choose another delegate, known as an "add-on," at the state convention.
Baldacci endorsed Clinton and Knutson and Stevens will vote for Obama. The rest are undecided.
Posted at 10:17 AM
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