Among the 28 Democratic superdelegates from Michigan who are still hoping to be counted at the party’s national convention this summer is Lauren Wolfe, a law-school student who is president of the College Democrats of America.
Ms. Wolfe, who is in her second year of law school at the University of Detroit Mercy, has not yet decided which Democrat she will back, according to a profile of her in the Detroit Free Press. Superdelegates are state political-party leaders who get to have a say in selecting their party’s nominee for president alongside regular delegates, who are chosen based on voting in statewide primaries and caucuses.
The national Democratic party has said it won’t seat delegates from Michigan or Florida because the states broke party rules by holding their primaries earlier than the rules allowed. The two states have been looking into ways to get their delegates counted at the convention, although Florida officials announced this week their state will not hold a second primary.
Because of her superdelegate status, Ms. Wolfe told the Free Press, her e-mail and voice-mail inboxes are perpetually full of messages from people trying to sway her decision. She’s received calls from high-profile politicians like former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle (a Barack Obama supporter) and enjoyed a few minutes of one-on-one time with the candidates.
Another student, Jason Rae, is the youngest person ever to serve as a superdelegate. The 21-year-old is a junior at Marquette University. He announced in February that he would support Barack Obama.
