According to Bloomberg, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton in support from elected officials:
Obama, an Illinois senator, has the support of 99 Democratic U.S. lawmakers and governors, compared with Clinton's 96 -- a dramatic turnabout since the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, when Clinton, a New York senator, had more than double Obama's support within this group, 91 to 43.
Clinton leads Obama by four lawmakers and governors if those from Michigan and Florida are counted; the two states held primaries in violation of party rules and were stripped of both superdelegates and delegates picked by voters. The party has been unable to resolve how to count their delegates.
Using the data collected at the DemConWatch blog, the Obama-Clinton super delegate gap comes to an average of about 31. However, by surpassing her in elected officials, Obama has reduced Hillary's core support to DNC members, where she leads Obama by 30. This leaves 148 undeclared DNC members out of 331 undeclared super delegates with 571 pledged delegates yet to be allocated.
--Mori Dinauer
