Clinton Takes Kentucky – Obama Takes More Pledged Delegates
by John Little on 21/05/2008There were no surprises overnight:
Despite Hillary Clinton’s landslide victory in Kentucky, Barack Obama has won a majority of pledged delegates in the race for the Democratic nomination.
Sen. Barack Obama has picked up a majority of the pledged delegates, according to CNN calculations.
Clinton won Kentucky by more than 30 points, but Obama’s share of the state’s 51 delegates was enough put him over the threshold, according to CNN estimates.
Obama is expected to pick up at least 14 delegates in Kentucky, and by CNN estimates, that will give him 1,627 of the 3,253 pledged delegates at stake in all of primaries and caucuses.
Obama will also pick up a win in Oregon, CNN projects, giving him the larger share of the state’s 52 delegates.
Obama’s top strategist, David Axelrod, said getting the pledged delegate majority was an “important milestone,” but not the end of the trail.
Neither candidate is expected to reach the 2,026 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination.
The big winner is, of course, John McCain. These two are going to keep the Democrats fractured while they slug it out until the very end.
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