One Week From Today

So we are a week away from the biggest contest in the Democratic race for the nomination. A win for Barack Obama in either Texas (represent) or Ohio will likely go a long way towards ending the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.

So, if you are a Texas Democrat, how can you help put your candidate of choice over the top or keep your candidate of choice alive? Well, first, you will vote in the primary which can be done one of two ways, either through early voting (now through Friday Feb. 29th early voting is available throughout Texas) or at your polling place on Tuesday March 4th. This will account for 129 of the 228 of the available delegates Texas has to offer. They will be split up on a proportional basis, depending on the amount of the vote that each candidate receives with districts that voted more democratic in the 2004 Presidential Election and the 2006 Gubernatorial Election receiving a larger number of delegates to award.

Second, you will go back to your polling place at 7:00pm on March 4th to take place in a caucus when statewide, 67 more delegates will be allocated. Everyone will have the opportunity at the caucus to convince the others to support their candidate and get those delegates available for your district to be applied to your candidate.

The remaining 32 of the 228 delegates Texas has to offer are Super Delegates.
Here is a list of those Super Delegates from Texas

The list, after the jump, courtesy of Time (go here for full list of all 795):

Democratic National Committee Members:
Roy LaVerne Brooks TEXAS DNC MEMBER
Linda Chavez-Thompson OFFICERS
Yvonne Davis TEXAS DNC MEMBER
Al Edwards TEXAS DNC MEMBER
Norma Fisher Flores TEXAS DNC MEMBER
Jaime A. Gonzalez, Jr. TEXAS DNC MEMBER
David Hardt YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA
David Holmes TEXAS DNC MEMBER
Denise Johnson MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Eddie Bernice Johnson MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Sue Lovell TEXAS DNC MEMBER
Robert Martinez MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Moses Mercado MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
John Patrick TEXAS DNC MEMBER
Betty Richie TEXAS DNC MEMBER
Boyd Richie TEXAS DNC MEMBER
Robert Slagle TEXAS DNC MEMBER
Senfronia Thompson TEXAS DNC MEMBERU.S. House of Representatives:
Henry Cuellar
Lloyd Doggett
Chet Edwards
Charles Gonzalez
Al Green
Gene Green
Rubin Hinojosa
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Nick Lampson
Solomon Ortiz
Silvestre Reyes
Ciro D. Rodriguex

Distinguished Party Leader Leadership Position:
Robert Strauss FORMER DNC CHAIRMAN
Jim Wright FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

If you're still confused after this (which is definitely a possibility), for an NPR report on how Texas's primary/caucus (aka the Texas Two Step or the Primacacus) works, listen to this report.