AUGUSTA—The Augusta Democratic City Committee will hold a mini-presidential caucus at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Augusta City Hall to help fill a limited number of alternate delegate openings for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's presidential campaigns.

The mini-caucus follows a successful presidential caucus in February where more than 400 Democrats gathered on a snowy winter night.

With 55 delegates available to send to the state convention, U. S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-IL, won the Augusta Caucus by a vote of 29 to 26 over U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY.

Wednesday's mini-caucus will allow the two democratic candidates for president to officially fill openings that are available within their respective caucuses. Right now, those openings are for alternates who will attend Democratic State Convention in May alongside their delegate counterparts. Alternates could be asked to serve as delegates if a delegate is unavailable to serve for one reason or another.

Any Augusta Democrat who is interested in becoming an alternate or delegate should attend the caucus and express their interest for their favorite candidate. For more information, please contact Michael Johnson at 215-5596 or by e-mail at chair@augustadems.org.

Additionally, the Augusta Democratic City Committee has launched a new Web site, which also allows visitors to sign up for e-mail updates. To check out the site, go online to www.augustadems.org.

As a reminder, Maine’s Democratic State Convention is May 30, 31, and June 1 at the August Civic Center.