<description>&lt;p&gt;US Senate Candidate Al Franken won the lion's share of delegates at this Saturday's &lt;a href="http://www.dfl38.org/"&gt;SD 38 DFL Convention&lt;/a&gt;.  Subcaucuses that named Franken as a candidate were awarded 10 of SD 38's 17 state delegates.  Subcauses that named the other two candidates in the race Mike Ciresi and Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer were awarded 1 delegate each.  The remaining five delegates were awarded to subcaucuses that were uncommitted (3) or named a presidential candidate (Clinton-1, Obama-1.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is the list of subcaucuses, the number of votes each one got and the resulting number of state delegates.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 153, 102);" border="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subcaucus&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Votes &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;State Delegates&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Uncommitted, Environment, Education&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;55&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Franken, Health Care, Veterans&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;39&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Franken, Obamaesque Issues&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;31&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Franken, Education&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Obama, End The War&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Ciresi Victory '08&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Clinton, Climate Change, Care&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Franken, First Timers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Franken, Energy &amp;amp; Environment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Franken, Labor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Franken, Peace, Domestic Partnership&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Nelson Pallmeyer, Stop Global Warming&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Disclosure: I was a delegate to the SD 38 Convention and was in the "uncommitted" caucus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;!--break--&gt;</description>

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Franken wins big in Eagan/Burnsville

MAR 3, 2008-1 MIN
Inside Minnesota Politics

Franken wins big in Eagan/Burnsville

MAR 3, 2008-1 MIN

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<p>US Senate Candidate Al Franken won the lion's share of delegates at this Saturday's <a href="http://www.dfl38.org/">SD 38 DFL Convention</a>. Subcaucuses that named Franken as a candidate were awarded 10 of SD 38's 17 state delegates. Subcauses that named the other two candidates in the race Mike Ciresi and Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer were awarded 1 delegate each. The remaining five delegates were awarded to subcaucuses that were uncommitted (3) or named a presidential candidate (Clinton-1, Obama-1.)</p><p>Here is the list of subcaucuses, the number of votes each one got and the resulting number of state delegates.</p><table style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 153, 102);" border="1"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Subcaucus</strong> </td><td><strong>Votes </strong><br /></td><td><strong>State Delegates</strong><br /></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td>Uncommitted, Environment, Education<br /></td><td>55<br /></td><td align="center"><strong>3<br /></strong></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"><td>Franken, Health Care, Veterans<br /></td><td>39<br /></td><td align="center"><strong>2<br /></strong></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"><td>Franken, Obamaesque Issues<br /></td><td>31<br /></td><td align="center"><strong>2<br /></strong></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"><td>Franken, Education<br /></td><td>23<br /></td><td align="center"><strong>2<br /></strong></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td>Obama, End The War<br /></td><td>21<br /></td><td align="center"><strong>1<br /></strong></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><td>Ciresi Victory '08<br /></td><td>19<br /></td><td align="center"><strong>1<br /></strong></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td>Clinton, Climate Change, Care<br /></td><td>19<br /></td><td align="center"><strong>1<br /></strong></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"><td>Franken, First Timers<br /></td><td>18<br /></td><td align="center"><strong>1<br /></strong></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"><td>Franken, Energy &amp; Environment<br /></td><td>18<br /></td><td align="center"><strong>1<br /></strong></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"><td>Franken, Labor<br /></td><td>18<br /></td><td align="center"><strong>1<br /></strong></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"><td>Franken, Peace, Domestic Partnership<br /></td><td>18<br /></td><td align="center"><strong>1<br /></strong></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><td>Nelson Pallmeyer, Stop Global Warming<br /></td><td>18<br /></td><td align="center"><strong>1<br /></strong></td></tr></tbody></table>Disclosure: I was a delegate to the SD 38 Convention and was in the "uncommitted" caucus.<br /><p> </p><!--break-->