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Obama leads Clinton in McLennan County delegate count so far
Sen. Barack Obama remained ahead of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in McLennan County’s precint-level delegates awarded based on Tuesday night’s caucus results, according to preliminary counts released Thursday afternoon.
John Cullar, McLennan County Democratic Party chairman, said Obama was beating Clinton in precincnt-level delegates 374 to 327 with 67 out of 92 precincts totaled. Another 277 precinct-level delegates are still up for grabs. Cullar hopes to have the rest of the precinct’s tallied by Friday.
Obama and Clinton are locked in a fierce battle over delegates to help them secure the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Neither candidate is expected to reach the 2,024 needed to lockup the nomination, but which ever one earns more delegates will gain an advantage they can tout.
The number of delegates from McLennan County who advance to the state convention will be narrowed to 81 at the the Democratic Party’s county convention on March 29.
At the state convention in June, three delegates chosen through caucus meetings from Texas Senate District 22, which includes McLennan County, will be selected to attend the national convention in August.
As of 5:45 p.m. Obama was leading Clinton in Senate District 22 with 50 percent of the precinct-level delegates to her 48 percent. There are still 178 precincts out of 300 in Senate District 22 that have yet to report to the state Democratic Party.
In Texas, 67 delegates from across the state are selected through caucus meetings. The majority —126— are determined through primary election results. According to results posted on the Texas Secretary of State’s Web site, Clinton leads Obama in primary determined delegates 65 to 61.
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By Ryan
March 8, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this
The Trib should do a story about how it’s now known that Obama actually won Texas. He’ll take more delegates from the state than Clinton and the nomination is determined by delegates, not the popular vote.
By Fred
March 11, 2008 6:29 AM | Link to this
Barack Hussien Obama of Islamic decent.
By Ryan
March 11, 2008 6:52 PM | Link to this
You should at least be on top of your facts enough to spell correctly, Fred.