Greene County Democrats gathered March 12 at the Jefferson municipal building for the annual convention with 62 delegates and guests present. Dale Hanaman, Greene County Democratic chairperson, led the meeting.
The main business was to elect four delegates to the 4th Congressional District Democratic convention on April 30 in Ames.
The two delegates for Bernie Sanders are Ashley Kellogg of Grand Junction Ian McElderry of Jefferson. Both are seniors at Greene County High School. Delegates for Hillary Clinton are Ted Herrick and Jerry Roberts, both of Jefferson. Alternates for both candidates were also selected.
Candidates represented at the event were George Ensley of Boone, candidate for state Representative, and Keith Puntenny of Boone, candidate state Senate. Adrienne Smith spoke for Kim Weaver, who is running for the 4th District Congressional seat.