4/1/08

Officially Obama wins Texas....99-94


The AP reports that officially Obama won the Texas 2-Step Primary/Caucus by garnishing a majority of pledged delegates from Texas 99-94.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Barack Obama has won the overall delegate race in Texas thanks to a strong showing in Democratic county conventions this past weekend.

Obama picked up seven of nine outstanding delegates, giving him a total of 99 Texas delegates to the party's national convention this summer. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won the other two, giving her a total of 94 Texas delegates, according to an analysis of returns by The Associated Press.

Texas Democrats held both a presidential primary and caucus. Clinton narrowly won the popular vote in the state's primary March 4, earning her 65 national convention delegates to Obama's 61.

Precinct caucuses began immediately after polls closed primary night and quickly devolved into chaos in many parts of the state because of an unprecedented turnout of more than 1 million Democrats. The state party was never able to provide complete results from the caucuses, which is why the AP withheld nine delegates.

The AP awarded the remaining delegates from the precinct caucuses based on results from about 280 county and state senate district conventions on Saturday.

Also in Pennsylvania Democrats surged 6 percent registering 235,000 while the Republican Party enrollment shrank by 1.5 percent and the number of independents slipped by 3 percent.

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