--- title: Sanders Hopes to Cut Clinton's Delegate Lead in Wyoming description: A total of 14 pledged delegates are up for grabs in the state canonical: https://time.com/4287616/sanders-hopes-to-cut-clintons-delegate-lead-in-wyoming/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-09T16:33:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:36:12.398Z article:section: Politics og:title: Sanders Hopes to Cut Clinton's Delegate Lead in Wyoming og:description: A total of 14 pledged delegates are up for grabs in the state og:url: https://time.com/4287616/sanders-hopes-to-cut-clintons-delegate-lead-in-wyoming/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt771d89ef3174c2e8/69888e6a3c16395da245cc95/bernie-sanders2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Holds Brooklyn Campaign Rally og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sanders Hopes to Cut Clinton's Delegate Lead in Wyoming twitter:description: A total of 14 pledged delegates are up for grabs in the state twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt771d89ef3174c2e8/69888e6a3c16395da245cc95/bernie-sanders2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sanders Hopes to Cut Clinton's Delegate Lead in Wyoming by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Apr 9, 2016 4:33 PM UTC  Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign event in Brooklyn, New York City, on April 8, 2016. Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign event in Brooklyn, New York City, on April 8, 2016.John Taggart—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Apr 9, 2016 4:33 PM UTC Wyoming’s Democrats will pick their favorite candidate for the party’s nomination Saturday at the state’s county caucuses. A total of 14 pledged delegates are up for grabs in the state. Wyoming Republicans held their party’s caucuses last month. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, who is trailing rival Hillary Clinton in the race for Democratic delegates, is expected to perform well. Many of his best performances have been in states that hold caucuses rather than primaries, in part because the former typically highlight a higher level of engagement by progressive activists. Sanders campaigned in the state Tuesday, and his wife Jane also made. . . [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/wyoming-caucuses-sanders-hopes-cut-clinton-s-delegate-lead-n553281?cid=par-time%5F20160409) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4287616/sanders-hopes-to-cut-clintons-delegate-lead-in-wyoming/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4287616/sanders-hopes-to-cut-clintons-delegate-lead-in-wyoming/"},"headline":"Sanders Hopes to Cut Clinton's Delegate Lead in Wyoming","datePublished":"2016-04-09T16:33:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:36:12.398Z","description":"A total of 14 pledged delegates are up for grabs in the state","url":"https://time.com/4287616/sanders-hopes-to-cut-clintons-delegate-lead-in-wyoming/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt771d89ef3174c2e8/69888e6a3c16395da245cc95/bernie-sanders2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt771d89ef3174c2e8/69888e6a3c16395da245cc95/bernie-sanders2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Holds Brooklyn Campaign Rally","caption":"Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Holds Brooklyn Campaign Rally","creditText":"John Taggart—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4287616/sanders-hopes-to-cut-clintons-delegate-lead-in-wyoming/","name":"Sanders Hopes to Cut Clinton's Delegate Lead in Wyoming"}}]}] ```