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Kansas delegates back Sanders in Democratic convention vote

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas delegates at the Democratic National Convention have given most of their votes on the presidential nomination to Bernie Sanders in line with the state’s caucus results.

The state cast 23 votes for the Vermont senator and 14 votes for presidential nominee and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Clinton’s supporters included State Chairman Lee Kinch and three other party-leader superdelegates.

Thirty-three of the state’s 37 delegates were allocated to the candidates based on the results of caucuses in March that Sanders won handily. The four superdelegates could support whomever they wanted.

Party rules required the delegates allocated by the caucuses to vote for the candidates to which they were bound unless they were formally released.

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