The hot primary contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama might mean that Indiana could get some visits from the Democratic presidential candidates eager to win over superdelegates, as well as the regular old Democratic delegates.

Jim Shella reports that the Democrats have changed the date of their big Jefferson Jackson Day fund raiser to make it more attractive to landing either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama and have encouraged their local organizations to advertise their local events on the state’s website so that the national candidates have options for campaign stops in Indiana.

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Doug Masson has a list of Indiana’s Democratic super delegates — those delegates whose vote for the Democratic nominee counts more than the little guys’.

The “superdelegates” are those delegates to the Democratic National Party that are not selected through the primary or caucus process. They get their position by being elected party members or members of the party establishment. Near as I can figure, the Indiana based superdelegates are as follows:

Sen. Evan Bayh (IN)
DNC Joe Andrew (IN) – Former DNC national chairman
DNC Dan Parker – Indiana state Democratic Party chair
DNC Phoebe Crane – DNC member out of Whitestown, IN
DNC Bob Pastrick – DNC member and (I believe) former East Chicago mayor
(These folks have already apparently endorsed Hillary Clinton)

Rep. Peter Visclosky (IN-01)
Rep. Joe Donnelly (IN-02)
Rep. Brad Ellsworth (IN-08)
Rep. Baron Hill (IN-09)
Cordelia Lewis Burks – Indiana state Democratic Party vice-chair
Connie Thurman – DNC member out of Marion County
(These folks have apparently not endorsed anyone yet.)

See also: Hillary Clinton news release and 2008 Democratic Convention Watch Superdelegate endorsements.

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