March 15, 2008--Black Hawk County Democrats arrive for the County Convention
at Central Middle School. The January 3 precinct caucuses selected
420 delegates to this Convention: Biden 6, Clinton 117, Edwards 114, Obama
179, Richardson 4. Now, about a month and a half later, these 400-plus
delegates elected 117 delegates -- 63 Obama, 33 Clinton and 21 Edwards
-- to attend the District Convention on April 26 and the State Convention
on June 14. Black Hawk County's 117 delegates will account for 4.68%
of the 2,500 delegates to the State Convention. |