Stephen Lynch

A recent survey of Massachusetts superdelegates that endorsed U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary found that several plan to vote for Clinton on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention next week.

Following news that Clinton's name will be placed in nomination at the convention next week in Devner, PolitickerMA.com contacted every Massachusetts superdelegate that endorsed Clinton in the primary this week and asked if he or she planned to vote for the New York senator on the first ballot for nomination next week.

According to Politico's tally of superdelegates, 11 in Massachusetts delegation endorsed Clinton in the primary.

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Worcester) told PolitickerMA.com that he plans to cast his vote for Clinton if her name is on the ballot.

"Yes, I would," McGovern said. "If her name is placed in nomination I'll probably cast my vote for her."

A 2006 Election Data  Services report showed that the 2010 census is likely to reduce the Massachusetts delegation from ten to nine.

The last time Massachusetts lost a seat was in 1992 in a controversial move that counted Federal workers living overseas. The Commonwealth challenged the count in federal court, winning on the district level but seeing that decision overturned by the Supreme Court in Franklin v. Massachusetts.