twelve percent was uncommitted

------[excerpt]------ MASSACHUSETTS
March 2
["Scoop"] Jackson won the primary election with 23 percent of the vote to 18 percent for Udall, 17 for Wallace, 14 for Carter, 8 for Harris, 7 for Shriver, 5 for Bayh, 4 for McCormack, 3 for Milton Shapp.

Delegate count before June 10:  Jackson--30; Udall--21; Wallace--21; Carter--16; Shriver--7; Harris--6; Bayh--1; McCormack--1; Shapp--1.

Convention vote:  Carter--65; Udall--21; Wallace--11; Harris--2; Jackson--2; McCormack--2; Shapp--1.

VERMONT
March 2
Carter won the advisory primary election with 46 percent of the vote to 31 percent for Shriver, 14 for Harris, 9 for McCormack.

Delegate count before June 10:  Carter--3; Udall--3; Brown--2; uncommitted--4.

Convention vote:  Carter--5; Udall--4; Brown--3.

WASHINGTON
March 2
Precinct caucuses gave Jackson 79 percent of the vote to 6 percent for Udall; 1 for Carter; 1 for Wallace.  Twelve percent was uncommitted.

Delegate count before June 10:  Jackson--32; Udall--7; uncommitted--14.

Convention vote:  Carter--36; Udall--11; Brown--3; Church--2; Jackson--1.

CANAL ZONE
March 6
A party convention chose six uncommitted delegates to cast three votes.

Delegate count before June 10:  Church--3.

Convention vote:  Carter--3.

FLORIDA
March 9
Carter won the primary election with 34 percent of the vote to 31 percent for Wallace, 24 for Jackson.

Delegate count before June 10:  Carter--34; Wallace--26; Jackson--21.

Convention vote:  Carter--70; Wallace--10; Brown--1.

HAWAII
March 9
Precinct caucuses gave Udall 5 percent of the vote and less than 1 percent to several other candidates.  Eighty-five percent was uncommitted.

Delegate count before June 10:  Jackson--1; Udall--1; uncommitted--15.

Convention vote:  Carter--17.

WYOMING
March 14
County conventions gave Udall 39 percent of the vote to 30 percent for Carter, 13 for Jackson, 11 for Harris, 5 for Wallace, 2 for Bayh.

Delegate count before June 10:  Brown--1; Carter--1; Udall--1; uncommitted--7.

Convention vote:  Carter--8; Brown--1; Udall--1.

ILLINOIS
March 16
Favorite son candidate Adlai Stevenson III and Carter ran ahead in a primary election that allocated delegate votes by congressional districts.

Delegate count before June 10:  Stevenson--86; Carter--59; Humphrey--4; Wallace--3; Dan Walker--2; uncommitted--15.

Convention vote:  Carter--164; Brown--2; McCormack--1; Udall--1; Wallace--1.

NORTH CAROLINA
March 23
Carter won the primary election with 54 percent of the vote to 35 percent for Wallace, 4 for Jackson, 2 for Udall.

Delegate count before June 10:  Carter--36; Wallace--25.

Convention vote:  Carter--56; Wallace--3; abstaining--2.

KANSAS
April 3
County conventions gave Carter 38 percent of the vote to 7 percent for Jackson, 4 for Udall.  Forty-eight percent was uncommitted.

Delegate count before June 10:  Carter--16; Udall--3; Jackson--1; uncommitted--14.

Convention vote:  Carter--32; Udall--2.

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Madman drummer bummers
Indians in the summer
With a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps
As the adolescent pumps
His way into his hat

With a boulder on my shoulder
Feeling kinda older
I tripped a merry-go-round
with the very unpleasing
Sneezing and wheezing
The calliope crashed to the ground...

Blinded by the light
Wrapped up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
She got down but she never got tight
She's gonna make it through the night

Some silicone sister
with her manager mister
Told me I've got what it takes
She said, I'll turn you on sonny to something strong
Play the song with the funky break
And go-kart Mozart
Was checking out the weather chart
to see if it was safe outside
and little Early Pearly
Came by in her curly-wurly
And asked me if I needed a ride --

Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun
'Cause mama, that's where the fun is
Some brimstone baritone Anticyclone rolling stone
Preacher from the east
Says dethrone the Dictaphone
Hit it in the funnybone
That's where they expect it least
And some new mown chaperone
Was standing in the corner
Watching the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone
Was playing with his frozen zone
Reminding him of romance
The calliope crashed to the ground

Oh he was
blinded by the light
Wrapped up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
She got down but she never got tight
She's gonna make it -- through the night....

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{book excerpt:  Convention -- Richard Reeves -- copyright 1977 -- Harcourt}
{song:  "Blinded By The Light" -- Manfred Mann's Earth Band, single release, 1976 -- written-Bruce Springsteen}

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