Regional press secretary Diane May said the Sanders campaign has been actively talking to superdelegates in all states and will be “ramping that up” now that the caucus and primary season is winding down, with the District of Columbia’s primary next Tuesday being the last contest.

“We’ve always said that in states where we had an overwhelming victory, the superdelegates should vote the way of the people, and in North Dakota, they should vote the will of the caucus-goers,” she said.

Of the five superdelegates, U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp has endorsed Clinton and national committeeman Chad Nodland is committed to Sanders. Dem-NPL chair Kylie Oversen, vice chair Warren Larson and national committeewoman Renee Pfenning have said they don’t expect to commit until the convention.

Heitkamp stuck by her endorsement of Clinton in an emailed statement Wednesday.

“Every day in the U.S. Senate I fight for all North Dakotans and for rural America, and we need a presidential candidate who will do the same, just as Secretary Clinton will, because that’s the North Dakota way,” she said.

Oversen said a Sanders campaign staffer asked her Monday to support him if he won the caucus. She had already received a number of similar requests Wednesday morning from Sanders supporters via Facebook and email, pausing during a phone interview to say, “Actually, I just got one from Australia.”

“I’ve been pretty consistent that I want to see the entire process play out without pledging,” she said.

North Dakota hosted the only caucus out of six nominating contests Tuesday, the others being primaries. Sanders won the Montana primary while Clinton took New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and the biggest prize, California.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Clinton led 2,765 to 1,864 in the overall delegate count – 2,191 to 1,816 in pledged delegates and 574 to 48 in unpledged superdelegates, according to an Associated Press. Clinton has already passed the 2,383-delegate threshold needed to clinch the nomination, but superdelegates are free to switch their allegiance at any time before the convention.

Sanders cruised to a 253-101 victory in delegates in North Dakota’s caucus, with an additional 40 delegates uncommitted.





Reporting Unit Clinton Judd Sanders De La Fuente Wilson Uncommitted Other Total District 1 1 2 1 4 District 2 3 3 6 District 3 1 5 6 District 4 2 6 1 9 District 5 1 5 1 7 District 6 2 5 1 8 District 7 1 5 1 7 District 8 2 5 7 District 9 3 6 2 11 District 10 2 5 2 9 District 11 1 10 2 13 District 12 1 5 1 7 District 13 3 7 1 11 District 14 3 3 1 7 District 15 4 3 1 8 District 16 1 7 2 10 District 17 4 6 1 11 District 18 2 7 1 10 District 19 1 6 1 8 District 20 4 5 9 District 21 2 8 1 11 District 22 4 6 10 District 23 7 2 1 10 District 24 2 7 1 10 District 25 3 5 1 9 District 26 2 6 2 10 District 27 1 7 2 10 District 28 2 4 6 District 29 2 5 7 District 30 2 4 1 7 District 31 8 8 District 32 2 5 1 8 District 33 4 2 6 District 34 2 6 8 District 35 2 8 10 District 36 1 4 5 District 37 1 4 5 District 38 1 4 1 6 District 39 4 1 5 District 40 1 3 1 5 District 41 3 6 1 10 District 42 2 7 9 District 43 2 6 1 9 District 44 3 8 2 13 District 45 3 5 1 9 District 46 3 7 1 11 District 47 2 6 1 9 101 253 40 394

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Clinton managed to pick up more delegates than Sanders in just three districts. The former secretary of state fared best in District 23, which includes the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation and Eddy, Nelson, Griggs and Steele counties, receiving seven delegates to Sanders’ two.

Clinton came out ahead 4-2 in District 33 in Mercer, Oliver and Morton counties and 4-3 in District 15 in Towner and Ramsey counties.

Two districts gave the candidates three delegates each: District 14, located in Pierce, Sheridan, Wells, Benson and Kidder counties, and District 2 in Williston.

Democratic-NPL Party Executive Director Robert Haider said he was “not surprised at all” by Sanders’ solid showing in the state.

“The strong support and the strong grassroots organization he had here, they brought out a lot of new people and a lot of energy,” he said.

Delegates selected Tuesday will convene June 18 in Bismarck to elect 18 pledged delegates who will attend the national delegates along with the five superdelegates.

Haider said Tuesday’s caucus turnout was “far in excess of what we were expecting,” but the party won’t publicly release turnout numbers.