Iowa Democrats project Buttigieg winner of delegate race; Bernie to challenge

The Iowa Democratic Party announced Sunday that Pete Buttigieg would probably receive 14 delegates to the national presidential nominating convention from last week’s chaotic caucuses, while Bernie Sanders would receive 12…

And the numbers may not be final. Late Sunday, Sanders adviser Jeff Weaver said the campaign will seek a partial recanvass — a process he said would put the senator from Vermont on top in the delegate count…

Weaver said the campaign believes seven SDEs are at issue in the precincts they have identified, which is more than the 2.77 that separate the two Democrats.

“Cumulatively, those precincts represent far more state delegate equivalents than the difference between ourselves and Mayor Buttigieg at the moment,” Weaver said in an interview.