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New Hampshire’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention were finalized on Saturday when five at-large and three “pledged party leader and elected official” delegates were chosen.Sunday update: The delegates elected on Saturday were: Bernie Sanders at-large delegates: Kurt Ehrenberg of Portsmouth, Mark MacKenzie of Manchester, and Andru Volinsky of Concord. The Sanders "pledged leader and elected official" -- or "PLEO" delegates are Ronna Hamelin of Newmarket and Renny Cushing of Hampton.The Hillary Clinton at-large delegates elected on Saturday are JoAnn Fenton of Keene and Ryan Neal Richman of Manchester. The Clinton "PLEO" delegate is Richard N. Komi of Manchester.The alternate delegates are Clinton alternate Laurie A. McCray of Portsmouth and Sanders alternate Richard Gulla of Hillsborough.(Our earlier report, published on Friday, April 15, follows.)By the end of a delegation meeting slated for the Radisson Hotel in Manchester at 1 p.m., first-in-the-nation primary winner Bernie Sanders is expected to have secured 15 slots on the state’s 32-member delegation to the late July convention in Philadelphia, while Hillary Clinton is expected to have received nine elected delegates.But in addition to those 24 positions, there are eight prominent Democrats designated as superdelegates -- elected officials and Democratic National Committee members. And six of those eight delegates are committed Clinton supporters, while two remain uncommitted.That brings the tally to a 15-15 tie, despite Sanders’ nearly 2-1 primary win on Feb. 9.The first wave of New Hampshire Democratic delegates was selected about two months ago based on the results of Feb. 9 presidential primary, which was won by Sanders, 60 percent to 38 percent.As a result, 16 district-level delegates were divided proportionately, with 10 slots going to Sanders and six going to Clinton. That total of 16 delegates is split with eight from each of the state’s two congressional districts.Those 16 delegates on Saturday will elect five at-large delegates and three “pledged party leader and elected official” delegates. Five of the eight delegates will be Sanders supporters, while three will be Clinton supporters.That group will be selected from a group of delegate candidates who have filed for the positions earlier this month. Two at-large alternate delegates will also be chosen.The elected delegates are also expected to elect Sanders delegates to New Hampshire slots on the convention Platform, Rules and Credentials committees.While Sanders is expected to come away from Saturday’s meeting with a 15-9 delegate lead Clinton has the support of these six superdelegates: U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Gov. Maggie Hassan, U.S. Rep. Ann Kuster, and state Democratic National Committee members Kathy Sullivan, Bill Shaheen and Joanne Dowdell.Uncommitted are state party chairman Raymond Buckley, who is also a vice chair of the DNC, and state Sen. Martha Fuller Clark, a state party vice chair.As WMUR.com first reported on March 10, leaders of the Sanders’ former New Hampshire campaign remain active. One of their goals is to try to convince superdelegates to follow the will of New Hampshire Democratic voters as reflected in the primary results, and switch their allegiance to Sanders – at least in the event that there is a second ballot required at the convention.Those efforts continue, campaign sources said Friday. Sen. Shaheen and Hassan have said they intends to continue to support Clinton, and the other superdelegates who are backing Clinton are unlikely to switch to Sanders.National party rules allow superdelegates to vote for the candidate of their choosing regardless of the outcome of the primaries or caucuses in their states.Nationally, according to a tally by The Associated Press, Clinton leads the delegate race with 1,761, including 469 superdelegates, to 1,073 delegates for Sanders, including 31 superdelegates.DNC rules require state delegations to be split equally between men and women. There is also a diversity goal of having strong representation of “historically under-represented groups” -- LGBT, young people, Hispanics and Latinos, African-Americans, disabled people, Native Americans, and Asian-Americans.The 16 district-level delegates are:From the 1st Congressional District: Sanders delegates Mo Baxley of Laconia, Burt Cohen of New Castle, Ruth Hall of Union, Chris Liquori of Portsmouth and Jazmin West of Manchester; and Clinton delegates Executive Councilor Chris Pappas and state Sen. Donna Soucy, both of Manchester, and Jacquelyn Weatherspoon of Exeter.From the 2nd Congressional District: Sanders delegates Ronald Abramson of Bow, Emily Jacobs of Whitefield, Mark King of Nashua, Kenneth Roos of Concord and Felicia Teter of Hanover; and Clinton delegates, Will Pearson of Keene, Debora Pignatelli of Nashua and Alejandro Urrutia of Hudson.State committee meetingAt 10 a.m. on Saturday, also at the Radisson, the Democratic State Committee will meet to hear speeches from the party’s three candidates for governor – Steve Marchand, Mark Connolly and Colin Van Ostern – and to be updated on state party Platform Committee hearings being held across the state.Party officials will also launch a “Training 4 Success” program to train activists to work on behalf of candidates in the November general election.