pledged delegate

British

noun

(in the US)a delegate at a national party convention who is mandated to vote for a particular candidate

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Seven candidates won at least one pledged delegate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries.

From Washington Times

Heading into Tuesday’s contests, Biden held a 153 pledged delegate lead over Sanders.

From Fox News

It awards six pledged delegate - and in 2016 they broke four-two in Hillary Clinton’s favour over Bernie Sanders.

From The Guardian

Conway also shared a tweet from New York Magazine columnist Josh Barro that joked, "It was clever of Biden to let Sanders get an early lead so Sanders would go on record that whoever has a pledged delegate plurality should get the nomination."

From Salon

Biden won in 10 of the 14 states that held primaries Tuesday, bringing the moderate wing of the party together around him and pulling ahead of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the pledged delegate count.

From Fox News

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