Despite Senator Clinton winning the caucus vote in Nevada, Senator Obama's performance in key districts allowed him to leave the voting day caucuses with a one-delegate win (13-12).
Similar to the Iowa Caucuses, where pledged delegates can be reallocated based on turnout and switching of support, the Nevada State Convention today produced a situation where the heavy Obama turnout and lighter Clinton turnout allowed Obama to capture one of Clinton's pledged delegate spots, thus expanding his pledged delegate lead in the state to 14-11, for a 2-delegate swing. The Clinton campaign did send former President Bill Clinton to seal the turnout needed to keep the pledged delegate from switching, but those efforts went fruitless.
The add-on delegate has not yet been announced in Nevada, but it has in Kansas.
As expected, Senator Obama received the support of the Kansas add-on delegate, Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson. Of note, Parkinson used to be a Republican but switched parties to become Governor Kathleen Sebelius' running mate in her election campaign.
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