Automatic Quote by Jim Hunt

As a Democratic member of Congress, I have a vote at the Democratic National Convention as a superdelegate.

— Dan Lipinski

I could not find any way that we could really run the kind of campaign I wanted to run if we were targeting delegates…

— Patricia Schroeder

I think [ chief organizer of the Democratic Party ] it's something that I have an interest in.

— Barack Obama

Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have ballot after…

— Michael Beschloss

In creating superdelegates, the Democratic Party recognized the expertise that its top holders of public office have gained by running for office themselves. They…

— Jim Hunt

I like the idea of having more of a fun convention during the election campaign, if it's showbiz, if it's entertainment, whatever the case…

— Reince Priebus

Originally, the main purpose of the convention was to determine who the party would have as the presidential nominee and the vice-presidential nominee.

— Tom Brokaw

Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the…

— Mitt Romney

Let me just say the rules are what they are in the Republican Party. You have to have X-number of delegates in order to…

— Marco Rubio

I think that the person who is going to be nominated will be nominated by the convention.

— Marco Rubio

We talk about the '68 Democratic Convention. I was too young to really know a lot about it, but - and didn't even watch…

— Emanuel Cleaver

In 2000, Trump could have won the Reform Party nomination. I chaired his presidential exploratory committee.

— Roger Stone