no Brown slates

In NYC, this weekend is a
Weekend-of-Action for Team de Blasio.

Their message signs off with --

"Less than four weeks until Election Day.
Let's own them:

billdeblasio.com/weekend-of-action"
-------------------------- It makes me think about the excitement of campaigns...

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-------- [excerpt - Convention, by Richard Reeves -- primary numbers, 1976 Democrats]-----------------WEST VIRGINIA
May 11
Favorite son Robert Byrd won the primary election with 89 percent of the vote to 11 percent for Wallace.

Delegate count before June 10:  uncommitted---33.

Convention vote:  Carter---30; Byrd---1; Jennings Randolph---1; Udall---1.

UTAH
May 17
District mass meetings gave Church 23 percent of the vote to 16 percent for Carter.  Forty-one percent was uncommitted.

Delegate count before June 10:  Church---5; Carter---4; uncommitted---9.

Convention vote:  Carter---10; Brown---5; Cesar Chavez---1; Church---1; Shapp---1.

MARYLAND
May 18
Brown won 49 percent of the vote in the advisory primary election to 37 percent for Carter, 5 for Udall, 4 for Wallace.  But delegates were chosen from slates entered by congressional districts, and there were no Brown slates.

Delegate count before June 10:  Carter---32; Jackson---10; Udall---7; uncommitted---4.

Convention vote:  Carter---44; Udall---6; Brown---3.

MICHIGAN
May 18
Carter won the primary election with 44 percent of the vote to 43 percent for Udall, 7 for Wallace.

Delegate count before June 10:  Carter---69; Udall---58; Wallace---2; uncommitted---4.

Convention vote:  Carter---75; Udall---58.

DEMOCRATS ABROAD
May 24
Mail ballots from Democrats living outside the United States were counted in London.

Delegate count before June 10:  Brown---1/2; uncommitted---2 1/2.

Convention vote:  Carter---2 1/2; Brown---1/2.

ARKANSAS
May 25
Carter won the primary election with 63 percent of the vote to 16 percent for Wallace, 8 for Udall, 2 for Jackson.

Delegate count before June 10:  Carter---17; Wallace---5; Udall---1; uncommitted---3.

Convention vote:  Carter---25; Udall---1.

IDAHO
May 25
Church won the primary election with 80 percent of the vote to 12 percent for Carter, 2 for Humphrey.

Delegate count before June 10:  Church---14; Carter---2.

Convention vote:  Carter---16.

KENTUCKY
May 25
Carter won the primary election with 59 percent of the vote to 17 percent for Wallace, 11 for Udall.

Delegate count before June 10:  Carter---37; Wallace---7; Udall---2.

Convention vote:  Carter---39; Wallace---5; Udall---2.

OREGON
May 25
Church won the primary election with 34 percent of the vote to 27 percent for Carter and 25 percent for Brown, who ran as a write-in candidate.

Delegate count before June 10:  Church---14; Carter---11; Brown---9.

Convention vote:  Carter---16; Brown---10; Church---8.

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Someone's knockin' at the door --
Somebody's ringin' the bell --
Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell.

Do me a favor --
Open the door,
and let 'em in.

Sister Suzie, Brother John,
Martin Luther, Phil and Don,
Brother Michael, Auntie Gin --
Open the door --
and let 'em in...

...Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell --

Do me a favor --
Open the door,

And let 'em in

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{book excerpt:  Convention, by Richard Reeves.  Copyright 1977, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich}
{song:  "Let 'Em In," written and recorded by Paul McCartney -- 1976 album, Wings at the Speed of Sound, MPL Communications / Capitol (U.S.)}

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