Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as
America's Blond Eminenceand at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Henry L. Stimson...
on Saturday again won Nevada at the state Democratic convention, after her opponent, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders
...The only openly Socialist member of the U.S. Senate. Sanders was Representative-for-Life from Vermont until moving to the Senate for the rest of his life in 2006, assuming the seat vacated by Jim Jeffords...
, scored a surprise delegate victory out of the county conventions last month.
There was palpable tension between the two camps throughout the day at the Gay Paree Hotel in Las Vegas, with Clinton supporters barely outnumbering those supporting Sanders among the more than 3,400 conventiongoers. Still, a 33-person delegate lead was enough to sway the division of a dozen delegates who were up for grabs Saturday in her favor.
Who would win the majority of those delegates remained uncertain going into Saturday because Sanders was allotted more delegates to the state convention. In April, Sanders had turned out more of his supporters to the county conventions -- even though Clinton had won the popular vote in the February caucuses -- thus allowing him to send more delegates to the state convention.
Based on the presidential preference of conventiongoers, Clinton won seven delegates Saturday, while Sanders won five between two categories of delegates. Each category -- at-large delegates and Pledged Leader and Party Official delegates -- had an odd number of delegates, which means a narrow Clinton win gave her the delegate advantage in each category.