More than 50% Nevada delegates minorities
By: astonmartina5/23/2008 - 3:44pm
The Nevada State Democratic Party has exceeded goals to send a diverse slate of delegates to the Democratic National Convention in August. More than half of the state delegates chosen so far are members of minority groups.
State party officials say Nevada was awarded an early presidential caucus position partly because of the state's diversity in a release today. The state will send 34 delegates and 8 super delegates to the convention.
"Nevada is a true test of the West and all of the diversity it encompasses," said Sam Lieberman, chair of the Nevada Democratic Party, who is also a superdelegate with a disability. "We're proud the delegation we will send to Denver represents our population."
The state selected eight African Americans, ten Hispanic Americans, one Asian American, one Native American and four LGBT delegates. Below are the delegates from each group:
African American delegates
Senator Steven Horsford, superdelegate
Former Clark County Commissioner Yvonne Atkinson Gates, superdelegate
Gabrielle Keys, Congressional District 1 Obama delegate
Yvette Williams, Congressional District 3 Obama delegate
Elliot Smalls, Congressional District 2 Obama delegate
Gibran Baydoun, Congressional District 3 Obama delegate
Kelvin Atkinson, Party Leader and Elected Official delegate for Obama
Vertis Manuel, At-Large delegate for Obama
Hispanic American delegates
First Vice Chair Theresa Benitez Thompson, superdelegate
Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, superdelegate
Treasurer Kate Marshall, Congressional District 2 Clinton delegate
Ray Pedraza, Congressional District 1 Obama delegate
Robert Gomez, Congressional District 1 Clinton delegate
Xiomara Rodriguez, Congressional District 2 Obama delegate
Edna Flores, Congressional District 2 Clinton delegate
Randy Soltero, Congressional District 3 Clinton delegate
Adriana Martinez, Congressional District 3 Clinton delegate
Geoconda Arguello Kline, At-Large delegate for Obama
Asian American delegate
Manita Rawat, Congressional District 1 Obama delegate
Native American delegate
Arlan Melendez, At-Large delegate for Clinton
LGBT delegates
Lance Whitney, Congressional District 2 Obama delegate
Matt Dickson, Congressional District 2 Obama delegate
Michael Ginsburg, At-Large delegate for Clinton
Maria Veronica Frenkel, At-Large delegate for Obama
For a complete list of delegates click here.
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Creating Division By Promoting Racism
Elizabeth, you sound a tad racist. Delegates represent the voter or all the citizens within a district and that could be anyone of any gender, race or ethnicity. Your article is not about diversity, its about racism. These types of articles send the terrible message of racial division which promote hate and distrust in society.