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Barack Obama Clinches the Democratic Nomination

By matt carter ⋅ June 3, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

The AP is reporting that, according to their tally, Obama has now secured enough delegates to secure the nomination for President of the Democratic Party.

From the wire service:

Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, becoming the first black candidate ever to lead his party into a fall campaign for the White House.Campaigning on an insistent call for change, Obama outlasted former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in a historic race that sparked record turnout in primary after primary, yet exposed deep racial divisions within the party.

The AP tally was based on public commitments from delegates as well as more than a dozen private commitments. It also included a minimum number of delegates Obama was guaranteed even if he lost the final two primaries in South Dakota and Montana later in the day.

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