FAIRFIELD — A contingent of eight undeclared Democratic Party regulars cast their votes for Barack Obama in caucuses on Sunday, shifting the party balance in Fairfield away from Hillary Clinton.

In the end, said caucus Chairman Franklin Bouchard, there were 55 Democrats for Obama and 54 for Clinton.

The vote means each camp will send seven delegates to the Maine Democratic Party convention in May.

Fairfield has 14 delegates to the convention.