Buckwheat DID Bring the WhoopAss to TX, Wins Most Delegates, Hitlary Kicked to Curb!

March 31, 2008

Obama Wins Most Texas Delegates

Monday, March 31, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barack Obama has won the overall delegate race in Texas

thanks to a strong showing in Democratic county conventions this past

weekend.

Obama picked up seven of nine outstanding delegates, giving him a total of

99 Texas delegates to the party's national convention this summer. Sen.

Hillary Rodham Clinton won the other two, giving her a total of 94 Texas

delegates, according to an analysis of returns by The Associated Press.

Texas Democrats held both a presidential primary and caucus. Clinton

narrowly won the popular vote in the state's primary March 4, earning her 65

national convention delegates to Obama's 61.

Precinct caucuses began immediately after polls closed primary night and

quickly devolved into chaos in many parts of the state because of an

unprecedented turnout of more than 1 million Democrats. The state party was

never able to provide complete results from the caucuses, which is why the

AP withheld nine delegates.

The precinct caucuses elected delegates to about 280 county and state senate

district conventions on Saturday. The AP awarded the remaining delegates

based on results from Saturday's conventions, showing Obama with about 58

percent of vote, compared to 42 percent for Clinton.

Obama won 38 delegates through the caucus/convention system, and Clinton won

29.

The final delegate allocation will be decided at the party's state

convention June 6-7, and the numbers could change if either campaign is

unable to maintain the level of support they had over the weekend.

Obama leads the overall race for the Democratic nomination with 1,631

delegates, including separately chosen party and elected officials known as

superdelegates. Clinton has 1,501, according to the latest AP tally.

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