JUNEAU — The latest on Alaska delegates at the Democratic national convention (all times local):
12:59 p.m.
A spokesman for the Alaska Democratic party says the party did not have any plants among Bernie Sanders’ supporters ahead of an event earlier this year with Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Hacked DNC emails posted by Wikileaks show DNC representatives trying to get details of a counter event being held in Anchorage the same evening in May as Wasserman Schultz was to speak at the state party convention. One email appears to reference the executive director of the state party, Kay Brown, saying that Kay has friends within the Sanders’ organization who might be able to provide more information than what appeared on Facebook.
Alaska party spokesman Jake Hamburg says people freely shared information with the party. He says the party wanted a successful event.
A small number of people walked out of Wasserman Schultz’s speech.
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12:25 p.m.
Several Alaska delegates who supported Bernie Sanders for president say they’ll vote for presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in November, though unenthusiastically.
Delegate Taz Tally says he has long been a nonpartisan but got involved in the Democratic party because of Sanders.
He says he was disappointed in hacked Democratic National Committee emails that he says confirmed what many people believed — that the DNC was rooting for Clinton.
Tally says he’ll vote for Clinton because he thinks Republican nominee Donald Trump is dangerous. But he doesn’t think he’ll actively campaign for her.
Wikileaks posted emails suggesting the DNC was favoring Clinton over Sanders during the primary season. Emails related to DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s trip to Alaska were part of the release.
State party spokesman Jake Hamburg says the state party worked hard to ensure impartiality during the primary and had hoped to get Sanders’ wife to participate in the Schultz event.
