Dean wins "first in nation" Caucus (in Santa Cruz, Calif.)!

[RevolutionStartsNow]

Today Santa Cruz, California held the nation's first caucus. It's not quite Iowa, but check it out:

The non-biding caucus was sponsored by the Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee, the People’s Democratic Club, Santa Cruz County Democratic Women’s Club and North Santa Cruz County Democrats, and included a keynote speech from U.S. Rep Sam Farr and closing remarks from Assemblyman John Laird.

The hall was hopping. We had 2 live donkeys, bagpipers, and some great singing. After the entertainment, representatives for each candidate (except Lieberman and Sharpton) spoke to the crowd, and ballots were cast.

The results, from 441 ballots:

Dean 42%
Kucinich 29%
Clark 25%
Kerry 2%

[Closer]

1. Sweet!

And congrats to Kucinich, too, for such a good showing.

[maddezmom]

2. DK did great. :)