When asked who might consider running for the position, Mr. Andrews began to tick off a list of the entire Democratic delegation.
West Virginia's Democratic delegation also included 11 unpledged "superdelegates".
Unlike the Republicans, the Democratic delegation must be evenly divided between men and women under national party rules.
The redistricting will likely pit two longtime members of the city's Democratic delegation against each other and shows why the Legislature agonized over the job.
After the 1992 redistricting, there were 17, or 20 percent of the Democratic delegation.
Berman received the endorsements from about two-thirds of California's Democratic congressional delegation.
The Democratic delegation he sent to observe the Kyoto negotiations on global warming was split in its views.
His victory made the city's delegation entirely Democratic for the first time in over 70 years.
In the Democratic delegation still to be completed, up to one-third of the delegates will be black or Hispanic people.
However, on this last point, I have to say that the Democratic Movement's delegation was disappointed.