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WASHINGTON --
"The change we seek swept through Chesapeake and over the Potomac," Sen. Barack Obama told supporters Tuesday night.
Thhis is after Sen. Obama's wins in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia primaries propelled him past Sen. Hillary Clinton in the race for delegates stakes a claim as the Democratic front-runner. To clinch the Democratic nomination, a candidate must get 2,025 delegates.
"The change we seek swept through Chesapeake and over the Potomac," Sen. Barack Obama told supporters Tuesday night.
Thhis is after Sen. Obama's wins in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia primaries propelled him past Sen. Hillary Clinton in the race for delegates stakes a claim as the Democratic front-runner. To clinch the Democratic nomination, a candidate must get 2,025 delegates.
According to CNN calculations, Obama has 1,215 delegates to Clinton's 1,190.
Obama had led in pledged delegates, but Sen. Clinton had held the lead when superdelegates were factored in.
Obama had led in pledged delegates, but Sen. Clinton had held the lead when superdelegates were factored in.
Superdelegates, a group of almost 800 DP officials and leaders, are not required to make their votes public and are free to change their minds.
The Illinois senator has now won eight consecutive contests.
In the Republican Party the Arizona Senator John McCain, the presumptive nominee for the Republican party, has 812 delegates to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s 217, according to CNN estimates.
A GOP candidate needs 1,191 delegates to secure the nomination.
"We won the state of Maryland. We won the commonwealth of Virginia. And though we won in Washington, D.C., this movement won't stop until there is change in Washington, D.C., and tonight we're on our way."
Sources: CNN
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