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October 13, 2008 4:15:34 AM CDT



Obama Appears To Gain in Texas Delegate Count

Posted Mar 31, 08 12:43 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Barack Obama apparently overtook Hillary Clinton in Texas’ pledged-delegate count after this weekend’s regional Democratic conventions netted him seven to nine more at-large delegates than Clinton, the Houston Chronicle reports. “We can confirm now that Barack Obama won Texas,” an aide said after the campaign's math gave the Illinois senator a five-delegate lead; Clinton's camp puts Obama's edge at three.

Clinton won 65 delegates to Obama's 61 in the state's March 4 primary; the disparity that emerged this weekend mixes in the results of the state’s caucuses. A Clinton aide vowed to take the fight to Texas' June convention, saying she could pick off two of Obama’s pledged delegates—ultimately earning a Texas tie or a tiny margin of victory.

Source Houston Chronicle

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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., campaigns at a rally in Waco, Texas.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, file)
Jesse Campos, 86, of Precinct 27, supports Hillary Clinton during the Texas Democratic Senate District 6 Convention.   (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Eric Kayne)
James Partsch-Galvan shows his support for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Saturday, March 29, 2008.   (AP Photo/The Houston Chronicle, Eric Kayne)
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