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UPDATED: 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."

McGovern said he understands that more superdelgates will vote for presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama (Ill.) but that won't stop him from fulfilling his endorsement.

"It's not that I don't expect Barack Obama to be the nominee, I do," he said. "But as a show of respect, gratitude and appreciation, I think many of us would like the opportunity to vote for her on the first ballot."

Gus Bickford, Massachusetts superdelegate that endorsed Clinton, said he could change his mind but that right now, "I am a person of my word and I made a commitment."

"If the vote were held today," he said, "I would vote for her on the first ballot."

Bickford insisted that he "strongly supports Obama" and said that the situation could change by the time the balloting occurs. In particular, he said, "if she were named as his vice presidential candidate, then she wouldn't be on the ballot." Bickford said he would like Obama to pick Clinton as his running mate.

Diane Saxe, another Bay State superdelegate that endrosed Clinton, also said she will vote for Clinton on the first ballot. "I would like the opportunity to vote for Sen. Clinton," she said in an email. 

Saxe also noted that after the first ballot, she'll swing her support to Obama. "But I also recognize that it has gone too far and after the first ballot we need to endorse Sen. Obama. That is what Sen. Clinton wants us to do."

(UPDATE 11:42 A.M.:) Attorney General Martha Coakley's (D-Medford) office has told PolitickerMA.com that she also plans to vote for Clinton on the first ballot. Coakley is another Massachusetts superdelegate that endorsed Clinton in the primary.

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Newton) was originally a strong Clinton supporter but then switched his support to Obama after he secured the nomination. He told PolitickerMA.com that the drama surrounding Clinton's name being placed in nomination is unnecessary and unfounded. A vote on with her name on the first ballot will have little, if any impact, he said.

"It's a big deal over nothing," he said. "Nothing will be affected one way or another...I don't think it will make one difference."

"An hour after it's happened it will make zero difference to anyone with a brain."

Other Massachusetts superdelegates Debre DeLee, Steven Grossman, Elaine Kamarck and Arthur Powell, U.S. Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) and Richard Neal (D-Springfield) did not return phone calls and emails at the time of publication.

PolitickerMA.com will report who these superdelegates plan to vote for on the first ballot as that information becomes available.