Maine's Superdelegates Many Maine Democrats are concerned about the impact superdelegates will have in the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination process. We asked Will Rice, our Labor Chair and political history buff, for a short history of the superdelegate system. Read his wry description here. More links: How we select our Superdelegates at The Next Hurrah A Brief Primer on Democratic Delegates by DHinMI on DailyKos Track the Superdelegates nationwide at Democratic Convention Watch At the February 21, 2008 HCDC meeting, members passed the following resolution: "We call on Maine's superdelegates to cast their votes such that the delegation’s combined votes fairly reflect the majority and minority votes recorded at the Maine Democratic caucuses." UPDATE 3/5/08: Sen. George Mitchell and former DNC chair Ken Curtis, formerly listed as Maine superdelegates, have been reassigned to the states where they currently reside (NY and FL respectively). Here are the 8 Maine superdelegates, with announced pledges noted: Office Name Phone Address email Pledged to Governor John Baldacci 207-287-3531 1 State House Station, Augusta ME 04333 governor at maine.gov Clinton Congressman Mike Michaud 207-786-0221 213 Lisbon St. Lewiston, ME info at michaudforcongress.com Congressman Tom Allen 207-774-9696 550 Forest Ave. Suite 201 Portland, ME 04102 info at tomallen.org MDP Chair John Knutson 207-622-6233 POB 5258, Augusta, ME 04332 chair at mainedems.org * MDP Vice Chair Marianne Stevens 207-622-6233 POB 5258, Augusta, ME 04332 vicechair at mainedems.org DNC Woman Jennifer DeChant 207-442-8486 1008 Middle St., Bath, ME 04530 jennifer.dechant at verizon.net DNC Man Sam Spencer 207-773-0532 97 Pine St. Portland, ME 04102 sam at samspencer.org elected at state convention TBA *MDP Chair John announced before the caucus that he would support the candidate who won the majority of the vote in Maine. Said Knutson, "I see this as a way to further empower Democrats across the state of Maine and make the results of our caucus more influential. It is clear that this Presidential campaign will come down to a race for delegates, and I believe that by pledging to support the winner of Maine's caucuses, I will help to increase Maine's importance in the nomination process."