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Obama Does Well in Texas Regional Conventions

Sen. Barack Obama had a good weekend in Texas. The Houston Chronicle reports that he "emerged with a majority of the state's at-large presidential nominating delegates and possibly a majority of all Texas delegates."

The actual number of delegates awarded to Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton won't be announced until the Texas state convention meets from June 5-7. But Obama appeared to be winning about 58 percent of the delegates to the state convention. The Obama camp says this gives them a 38-29 at-large delegate lead. (The Clinton camp says it's 37-30, but not all the results from Saturday's regional meetings were final.) Clinton won the popular vote primary (in which Democrats, Republicans and independents were allowed to vote) giving her a 65-61 allotted delegate lead.

When the totals from the weekend are added, Obama now has a five-delegate (or three, if there is that delegate difference) lead over all.

"We can confirm now that Barack Obama won Texas," said Obama spokesman Josh Earnest.

But the Clinton campaign says it will continue to fight for delegates until the summer convention and cut into Obama's lead. Clinton state Chairman Garry Mauro said Clinton may be able to take at least two delegates away.

"If we're in a hot race on June 6, we expect to pick up more delegates," Mauro said. "I believe at the end of the day we will run either dead even or come out ahead in the delegate count."

Meanwhile there are also 35 superdelegates from Texas. At present, 12 are for Clinton, 10 for Obama and 13 are uncommitted.

5:00 AM ET | 03-31-2008 | permalink

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Congratulations Tom to clarifying the count that showing Obama WON Texas by at least 98 - 95 unless Clinton can take some Obama delegates away at the June convention. I still have not seen these figures by any of the big media so I guess we will have to hear the all-knowing pundits and media still tell us that Clinton WON Texas until June, or maybe longer?? The ignorance is astonishing.

Sent by Claes | 12:30 AM ET | 04-01-2008

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