Obama gains 59.5 supers on the day
Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:14 AM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
In what was the greatest single-day superdelegate gain in this campaign for either candidate, Obama -- now the Democratic presumptive nominee -- gained 59.5 superdelegates today.
This morning, Obama had 333 superdelegates. He now has 392.5.
*** UPDATE *** It's also worth pointing out Clinton LOST a net of 3 superdelegates. She started the day at 295 superdelegates and ends the day with 292.
NBC NEWS has allocated nearly all of the delegates from Montana and South Dakota. With one delegate left to be allocated, Clinton has won a 16-14 split out of the two states (SD: Clinton 9-6; MT: Obama 8-7 with one left there.)
The NBC NEWS Delegate Counts:
PLEDGED: 1743 to 1641
SUPERS: Obama 392.5 to 292
EDWARDS PL.: Obama 21 to 0
OVERALL: Obama 2,156.5 to 1,933
* The number needed was 2,118.