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Friday, December 7th - Roselle Park, NJ - A coalition of the state's leading Democratic activist and constituency groups -- including NJ for Democracy, Blue Jersey, New Jersey's Democratic Future, BlueWave, and many others hosted a Presidential Caucus to poll the pulse of NJ Democrats now less than 2 months away from our Presidential Primary on Feb. 5th.
NJ Caucus gets coverage on NBC
The Event Featured:
- 2-hours open-house-style with info tables for each candidate
- Surrogate Speakers for Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Biden, Kucinich & Richardson
- Following the speakers, an Iowa-style caucus
The first two rounds of voting eliminated Biden, Clinton, and Richardson - there were no votes for Dodd or Gravel.
After 3 rounds of caucusing, the final results were:
1. Edwards 43%
2. Obama 38%
3. Kucinich 19%
Congressman Rothman speaking for Senator Obama
Assemblywoman Watson-Coleman speaking for Senator Clinton
Sponsors include:
- NJ for Democracy
- NJ's Democratic Future
- Blue Jersey
- Garden State Equality
- NJ Stonewall Democrats
- NJ Jewish Democratic Caucus
- Democratic State Committee Progressive Caucus
- Blue Wave
- NJ Arab-American Democratic Caucus
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