Democratic Presidential candidates New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Illinois Senator Barack Obama each entered Tuesday's Pennsylvania Primary with something to prove. Experts said Clinton needed to win by double digits to have any chance of reducing Obama's lead in total delgates. CNN estimates that Obama leads Clinton in total delgates – 1,648 to 1,541 delegates. Neither candidate has attained the 2,025 delgates required to secure the party's nomination.
At presstime with 90 percent of the votes counted in the Pennsylvania primary, Clinton was leading Obama 55 percent to 45 percent.
John McCain has clinched the Republican presidential nomination.
The next Democratic presidential primary contests will be held in Guam on May 3 and in Indiana and North Carolina on May 6. Nine delgates are at stake in Guam; 84 in Indiana and 134 in North Carolina.
In addition to the above contests, sixmore are scheduled before the Democratic National Convention on August 25-28 in Denver, Colorado. |
