* Yesterday, I noted that John Rednour was a Hillary Clinton-supporting super delegate. Lee Newspapers contacted Rednour and he denied it…

In a complicated campaign for president, longtime Du Quoin Mayor John Rednour appears to be part of a case of mistaken identity.

Rednour is a so-called “superdelegate,” one of hundreds of party faithful including elected officials and national committee members who get to vote for a Democratic nominee at the party’s convention.

With the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama so close, many have tried keeping track of the commitments of those superdelegates because their decisions could help decide the primary election.

Rednour is often listed as a Clinton backer. But Rednour said Tuesday that he supports Obama. And last March, he gave Obama’s campaign $1,000, according to records.

“Where all this has come from, I don’t know,” Rednour said.

One theory: His son.

* Actually, the confusion stems from the Clinton campaign itself. Here’s a press release from the campaign issued on 11/30/2007…

The Clinton campaign today announced its Illinois Steering Committee, made up of community leaders from across the state who will mobilize grassroots support for Hillary leading up to Illinois’ February 5th primary. […]

John Rednour, Mayor of DuQuoin

I can’t find a correction anywhere on Clinton’s site this morning. But Rednour’s statement to Lee means, of course, that there are exactly zero known Clinton super delegates in Illinois.