Local Dem predicts Clinton will win more Texas delegates Saturday

Conventional wisdom is that Barack Obama will be the victor in number of delegates from Saturday's senate district conventions around Texas. Tarrant County Democratic Chair Art Brender isn't so sure.

To review: Hillary Clinton won the primary vote in Texas but Obama appears likely to win more of the 67 delegates allocated by the caucuses. Yesterday, the Obama campaign said they don't expect a significant change in their expected delegate count based on Saturday's events.

Brender said the party has received over 50 challenges for each of the three senate district conventions that will take place in Tarrant County Saturday. More of those complaints appear to be challenging precincts where Obama did better than Clinton, Brender said.

Brender said Obama will likely win more delegates from Tarrant County, since he also won the popular vote here. Statewide, he bet that Clinton would squeak out another win.

"By the time it all sorts out, I don’t think the caucus results are going to be terribly different than what the election results were," Brender said. "It’ll be off a few percentage points." (Clinton won the Texas primary vote with 51% support.)

Some may roll their eyes at Brender's prediction, given that he's a Clinton backer, as he made clear in this video.

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