The delegation vote
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Minnesota's Democratic delegates casted 78 votes for Barack Obama for president, 8 votes for Hillary Clinton and there were two abstentions (DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar and DFL Rep. Collin Peterson were absent).
I'm trying to get the list of Clinton backers but DFL Party leaders said they already turned it into the DNCC Secretary.
Here's the list of delegates who voted for Clinton:
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Charles Carlson, Claudia Cody, Jeffery Flynn, Lisa Stager, Jackie Stevenson, Tammy Tesky, Jodie Torkelson and Lynn Wilson.
Jackie Stevenson said she voted for Clinton because she worked so hard to see a woman elected president.
"I have been working consistently as a strong feminist to someday hope that we could elect a woma president of the United States and I thought this was the year. I threw myself into it totally in my heart and my mind. I had to vote for her for closure."
Stevenson said she will back Barack Obama in November. In fact, former Vice President Walter Mondale said the Democratic Party will unify behind Obama now that the vote is over:
"In the Minnesota delegation, every Clinton delegate is now for Obama and I heard this is true all over. I think Hillary's stunning speech last night giving the arguments for that erased any concerns and I think the same will be true across the country."
Obama officially became the nominee after Clinton called to unanimously back him. There were plenty of people in the halls of the Pepsi Center watching Clinton's speech.
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