Sanders wins over W.Va. superdelegate

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has picked up a superdelegate in West Virginia who decided to support the Vermont senator after he won her state by a wide margin.

{mosads}”The people voted here and I felt like the people needed to vote first,” Elaine Harris, a Democratic National Committeewoman, told Politico Thursday.

Sanders beat front-runner Hillary Clinton in the state 51 percent to 36 percent, winning 18 of the 29 delegates up for grabs.

Despite the backing of Harris, who is Sanders’s 43rd superdelegate, the Vermont senator still faces long odds of winning the nomination. He currently trails Clinton in pledged delegates 1,497 to 1,769. When superdelegates are factored in, Clinton leads 2,309 to 1,539.