Sharon Mast

From SuperDelegates.org - Information about the 2008 DNC Superdelegates

Sharon Mast is a DNC member from Washington State, profiled in this excerpted article from the Seattle Times:[1]

"In the course of about 24 hours this week, Sharon Mast heard from former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former first child Chelsea Clinton.

They called to personally urge Mast, a retired teacher from Bellevue, to support Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.

That's way beyond the sort of campaign pitch most Democratic voters are hearing as the race between Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama heads into its most crucial stretch.

But Mast, a member of the Democratic National Committee, is not your average voter.

She is one of the party's so-called "superdelegates" who receive an automatic pass to participate in the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer.

The elite group includes party leaders, all Democratic members of Congress, Democratic governors and former high-ranking elected officials, such as former presidents and House speakers.

In a race that's shaping up as perhaps the closest in decades, the final decision on the nomination could come down to people such as Mast.

Mast, who used to work on campaigns for former Rep. Don Bonker and served as secretary of the state Democratic Party, has been a Democratic National Committee member since fall."

Mast endorsed Obama June 4. 2008.

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