New Hampshire Delegates
New Hampshire will have 33 delegates and 2 alternates to the national DNC Convention.
16 are selected at the district level (8/district).
You must file between January 6 and 10 and win at an election at a meeting on 1/25.
8 are selected on April 25 by the district delegates. (5 at large, 3 Pledged PLEOs)
9 are Superdelegates (not sure who the ninth superdelegate is)
- Sen.Jeanne Shaheen
- Sen. Margaret Wood Hassan
- Rep. Ann Kuster
- Rep. Chris Pappas
- Raymond C. Buckley II DNC member
- Martha Fuller Clark DNC member
- William H. Shaheen DNC member
- Kathleen Sullivan DNC member
The entire delegation will be equally divided between men and women. It is the goal of the NH Democratic party to include African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, people who experience disabilities, Hispanic/Latinx, LGBTQ+, Native American, Youth.
How can you become a delegate for Tulsi Gabbard in New Hampshire?
The following steps describe the process to become a district-level delegate:
- File a statement of candidacy with the NH Democratic Party between 9AM on January 6th, 2020 and 5PM on January 10th, 2020. Forms may be completed in person at the NHDP or mailed to 105 N. State Street, Concord, NH. If mailed, all statements of candidacy must be received by 5PM on January 10th, 2020; forms postmarked by but arriving after 5PM on January 10th, 2020 will not be considered. Each form must include the presidential candidate you support or marked as uncommitted.
- On January 25th, 2020 at 10 AM, there will be a meeting in both of New Hampshire’s two congressional districts for each of the Democratic candidates for president. A slate of 16 district-level delegates will be selected (8 per congressional district) per Presidential candidate. Each delegate candidate will work to get as many friends, family, and anyone else they can to attend the meeting to support their delegate candidacy. In order to vote at the meeting each person must be eligible to vote in the Primary, must live in the same congressional district as the delegate candidate, and must promise to support that presidential candidate in the Primary. Delegate candidates are given an opportunity to make a brief speech on why they should be selected and often create homemade flyers to hand out. It’s a campaign!
- Following the NH Presidential Primary on February 11, 2020 (assumed date), these slates of delegates will be allocated based on the percentage of the Primary vote won by each presidential candidate. A presidential candidate must obtain at least 15% of the vote to be eligible for a delegate.
- The certified district-level delegates will meet at a 10AM meeting on April 25th, 2020 at the NHDP Headquarters (105 N. State Street, Concord, NH) to select NH’s 8 additional delegates, the convention standing committee members, and the Delegation Chair. Information on how to file to be one of these final 8 delegates will be posted on www.nhdp.org at a later date.
To read more detailed information on this process, you can find the long version of this delegate selection plan at www.nhdp.org/2020delegateselectionplan.
| nh_delegate_selection_plan_2020.pdf |
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| dnc_delegate_rules.pdf |
2016 Democratic Primary Results
2016 Democratic Primary Results (by county)
I have been unable to find results that were calculated by Congressional District (1 and 2).
Assuming relatively equal numbers of voters in each district, a rough estimate of the number of votes needed to receive a delegate in each district would be 253,062/2 x 15% = 18,979.
A reasonable goal would be to identify 20,000 dedicated voters per district to ensure at least one of the 8 district delegates from each district. That is about 40,000 votes in the entire state.
Assuming relatively equal numbers of voters in each district, a rough estimate of the number of votes needed to receive a delegate in each district would be 253,062/2 x 15% = 18,979.
A reasonable goal would be to identify 20,000 dedicated voters per district to ensure at least one of the 8 district delegates from each district. That is about 40,000 votes in the entire state.