After Puerto Rico, Obama Closer To Nomination
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Hillary Rodham Clinton won most of the delegates in Puerto Rico's primary Sunday, but Barack Obama crept closer to clinching the Democratic nomination for president.
Clinton won at least 28 delegates, according to an Associated Press analysis of early returns. Obama won at least 14, with 13 still to be allocated.
Obama has a total of 2,068 delegates, leaving him 50 shy of the number needed to clinch the nomination, with two primaries remaining. Clinton has 1905.5, according to the latest tally by the AP.
Obama also picked up two superdelegates Sunday, which means he has made up most of the ground he lost Saturday when the national party's rules committee voted to reinstate delegates from Michigan and Florida. The delegates had been stripped because the two stated violated party rules by holding primaries before Feb. 5.
There are a total of 31 delegates at stake in Tuesday's contests in Montana and South Dakota. If Clinton and Obama split them, Obama would need to pick up 30 or so superdelegates to secure the nomination.
There are about 200 superdelegates left to be claimed.
[Credit: Stephen Ohlemacher, AP]
Clinton won at least 28 delegates, according to an Associated Press analysis of early returns. Obama won at least 14, with 13 still to be allocated.
Obama has a total of 2,068 delegates, leaving him 50 shy of the number needed to clinch the nomination, with two primaries remaining. Clinton has 1905.5, according to the latest tally by the AP.
Obama also picked up two superdelegates Sunday, which means he has made up most of the ground he lost Saturday when the national party's rules committee voted to reinstate delegates from Michigan and Florida. The delegates had been stripped because the two stated violated party rules by holding primaries before Feb. 5.
There are a total of 31 delegates at stake in Tuesday's contests in Montana and South Dakota. If Clinton and Obama split them, Obama would need to pick up 30 or so superdelegates to secure the nomination.
There are about 200 superdelegates left to be claimed.
[Credit: Stephen Ohlemacher, AP]
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