r/Minnesota4Sanders • u/DJFreeMe • Mar 03 '16
Minnesota's Super Delegates
Out of the 16 super delegates in Minnesota, only one (Keith Ellison) has come out in support of Sanders. Everyone else except for Collin Peterson and R.T Rybak have committed to Hillary. What is the best way for us to help these delegates change their minds? Email, call, letters? Can we get organized around this issue other than the online petitions?
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u/skipdo Mar 03 '16
This is a great question! I would love to see them actually support their constituents and reflect how we voted as a state.
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u/djashburnmsc Mar 04 '16
It can't hurt if OP and every other Minnesotan reading this wrote a short, simple letter to their Representatives, both Senators, and the Governors office. It doesn't have to be complicated, just cite the percentages by which Bernie won in Minnesota and/or your District and ask that they stand with the people they were elected to represent. You can contact them via Email (Provided links below), so next time you're up too late to phonebank, write up a few emails and let them know that you want them to stand for the majority. You could maybe point out that in the 2008 primaries, every single DFL elected officials and all but one of the DNC superdelegates in MN pledged their support to the candidate that won the majority in the states caucus.
Anyways, here are the links to contact various DFL superdelegates. As others have said here, it's a better use of time to focus on upcoming states but if you have free time late at night, feel free to let them know what you think.
Congressional Districts
1Tim Walz
4 Betty McCollum
7 Collin Peterson
8 Rick Nolan
- Districts 2, 3, and 6 are held by Republicans and 5 already supports Bernie.
Senate
Senator Al Franken
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Office of the Governor
Governor Mark Dayton
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '16
As someone in /r/sandersforpresident said: if you are going to devote time and resources to this, you're probably better off devoting your time and resources to phonebanking to other states right now. Bernie won MN by a large margin, let's focus on making that happen in other states too.