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Obama Wins Miss. Primary

Posted Mar 11, 08 8:25 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Seeking to regain momentum, Barack Obama triumphed in a racially divided Mississippi primary today by winning about 90% of black votes and a third of white voters, CNN projects. He also won last week's Texas caucuses, scoring more state delegates overall than primary-winner Hillary Clinton. Mississippi awards 33 delegates and Texas 193 in their respective state races.

Obama has beaten Clinton in contests across the South—South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana—all states where black voters made a strong show in his favor. Mississippi exit polls showed that nearly half of voters were black, a fifth were independent, and one in 10 Republican. Mississippi is the last contest before Pennsylvania's whopping 188-delegate primary next month.

Sources CNN, MSNBC

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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., visits with media aboard her campaign plane at the Laurel Mississippi Airport in Laurel, Miss., Friday, March 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., waves goodbye after speaking at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Miss., Monday, March 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., shakes hands as he enters a town hall meeting at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Miss., Monday, March 10, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., points to a person to take question during a town hall meeting at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Miss., Monday, March 10,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a town hall meeting at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Miss., Monday, March 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)   (Associated Press)
Chelsea Clinton, right, speaks with 88-year-old Bea Gotthelf of Jackson at Broad Street Baking Co. and Cafe, about her mother's positions on health care and the economy, Tuesday, March 11, 2008, in Jackson,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic president hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., makes remarks during a campaign stop at a Gamesa plant, Tuesday, March 11, 2008, in Fairless Hills, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)   (Associated Press)
Democratic president hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets people during a campaign stop at a Gamesa plant in Fairless Hills, Pa., Tuesday, March 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)   (Associated Press)
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