Over the course of the last few weeks we have gotten numerous requests to indicate where each county stands in the race for FDP Chair. I have to this point hesitated because though the vote is public, I have always believed in secret ballots at the DEC and FDP level in order to prevent coercion and arm twisting.
However, given the mounting demand and the willingness of many State Committee members to publicly announce commitments in the race, I have compiled the list of PUBLIC commitments below. Also if you want a running vote total as compiled by numbers cruncher extraordinaire Jon Ausman, please contact me. I am not publishing Mr. Ausman’s work on this site so please contact me personally if you want to know his latest vote projections. If anyone has additions to make to this list please email me or leave a comment in the comments section. The full list is below:
Caucuses
Small County Coalition – Tant
Hispanic Caucus – Clendenin
Black Caucus – Clendenin
Business Caucus – Clendenin
Environmental Caucus – Clendenin
Veterans Caucus – Clendenin
County (only commitments announced. This is not a complete list of PRIVATE commitments just PUBLIC ones. Only counties with public commitments of any kind are listed)
Alachua – Tant
Bay – Tant
Bradford – Clendenin
Brevard – Tant
Broward – Clendenin
Charlotte – Tant
Flagler – Tant
Gadsden – Tant
Hardee – Tant
Hernando – Tant
Hillsborough – Clendenin
Jackson – Tant
Jefferson – Tant
Manatee – Clendenin
Miami- Dade – Clendenin
Okaloosa – Clendenin
Orange – Tant
Osceola – Tant
Pasco – split
Palm Beach – split
Polk – Clendenin
Sarasota – Tant
Wakulla – Tant
Walton – Tant
Elected Officials w/ votes
Senator Nelson – Tant
Congresswoman Wasserman-Schultz – Tant
Congresswoman Brown – Tant
Congresswoman Wilson – Tant
Congressman Deutch – Tant
Congressman Garcia – Tant
Congresswoman Castor – Clendenin
Congressman Murphy – Tant
Congressman Hastings – Tant
Congresswoman Frankel – Tant
Congressman Grayson - Tant
House Minority Leader Thurston – Tant
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Okaloosa county supports and endorses Alan Clendenin!!!!!!
Sorry, my mistake. I’ve checked over the rest and they are fine now.
Good for Castor…….an individual thinker……
This is the reason we have the weighted vote. The counties where Ds get crushed are mostly supporting Tant but since the four biggest counties are for Clendenin he may still win.
By the way the Palm Beach DEC ENDORSED CLENDENIN OVERWHELMINGLY AND RAMOS MAY FACE A RECALL.
There is a lot of pressure being brought to bear on Ramos. Apparently promises have been made to him and he seem willing to vote against the wishes of our DEC membership. This is still a work in progress!
Very interesting, thanks for your work.
I read an interesting statistical analysis by Kenton NGO discussing the limitations of the weighted vote allocation used in the DEC race, one in which he argues that it unnecessarily over inflates the influence of votes smaller (mostly northern) counties:
http://www.kentonngo.com/2013/01/14/not-enough-votes-how-a-silly-rounding-problem-seriously-overweights-panhandle-counties-in-upcoming-florida-democratic-party-chair-election/
HAs anyone read this? Of course too late to change things now, but what do you make of this?
I am for Clendenin but given this tight balance do not be shocked if some deal is made Friday night.
Not only the qualifications and the attributes of each candidate should be considered, but notice should also be paid to the matter of such extraordinary pressure being put on individuals to support Tant. It is a very strange scenario that’s been going on, and I’d like to understand why there’s been such a vociferous effort to try to convince electors to vote for Tant. The methods used to put such pressure on individuals should be examined. What is it that the political operatives supporting Tant really want, and why do they seem to be trying to agressively throw their weight around? Why do some power players seem to strongly oppose Clendenin?
This is a pivotal point for the party. What is going on here is a struggle between the “status quo” old Florida Democratic Party and the grassroots movement to return our party to the people! Ms. Tant is a BFF of DWS and we all know that “Debbie gets what she wants” and she want Tant in the job! If you care about our party, contact your legislators and tell them you want them to represent the people who elected them. Give them the courage to stand up to the pressure and vote for Alan Clendenin!
I am sure a deal will be made. That is how the corruption is covered up or through the lack of press. Hey Alison did you not know you were making hard for people to vote and that you lied in front of PBC that you were not a lobbyist.
Deals can only be made between willing parties. I am confident that Alan will not cut a deal, he has already refused one huge offer. We all need to let our voting representatives how we feel. Our pressure must be stronger than the establishment’s pressure!