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...Tuesday, only 42 Democrats were running as Hart-pledged candidates in the March 20 primary in Illinois, a state that will send 194 delegates to the July convention in San Francisco. But then nine would-be delegates who will appear on the ballot as pledged to California Senator Alan Cranston announced that if elected they would actually vote for Hart; three turned up at a news conference at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to vow fealty to their new leader in person. By week's end the count of would-be Illinois delegates defect ing to Hart had passed...
...candidate, they cannot shift and appear under the name of another. Thus in Illinois Hart will have to persuade voters in some districts to check his name on the presidential-preference section of the ballot, then go down to the delegate section and look under the names of Cranston or Askew for candidates who now say they prefer Hart...
...nomination. Ohio Senator John Glenn, of course, believed and said the same thing for almost a year then, in Iowa, where he counted on finishing second, he staggered in fifth with less than 4% of the vote, well behind former Senator George McGovern (10%) and California Senator Alan Cranston (7%). He did little better than former Florida Governor Reubin Askew (2.5%) and the Rev. Jesse Jackson (1.5%). "We took a licking," Glenn conceded, but added, "It's not the end of the world." There was no ignoring the implications of his Iowa debacle. "Glenn is gone," suggested Iowa...
...rans. votes A at a caucus candidate to must have his receive 15% support of re the corded m the statewide tabulation; backers of candidates who fall below the threshold remain can formally defect to another uncommitted. contender During he arm twisting at McKinstry Elementary, the lonesome Glenn and Cranston supporters were recruited by other groups One result was a Jackson-McGovern tie lor third place that was settled, according to official party rules, by a coin flip-heads, McGovern...
...Cranston who had put much of his resources into Iowa was dealt a major setback with his fourth place finish Cranston, who had hoped to use a strong Iowa showing to slingshot his candidacy beyond dark horse status was even weaker in New Hampshire...