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• Monday, March 31, 2008 02:19 AM

  @Manos regarding Obama's win in Texas

  Here's a relevant article:

  http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/5660779.html

  The jist is that Obama has won Texas with the delegate total (primaries and caucuses combined) being 94 Clinton, 99 Obama. Or 95, 98 if the Clinton team gets what it wants at the state convention. Either way he's 3-5 delegates ahead in the state of Texas. It won't be official till June.

  Excerpt:

  "Clinton won the popular vote in the March 4 primaries and a majority of the primary-allotted delegates, giving her a 65-61 lead.

  Obama's campaign claimed he came out of this weekend's conventions with a 38-29 at-large delegate lead, giving him a five-pledged-delegate lead over Clinton.

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

  Clinton state Chairman Garry Mauro conceded that Obama is likely to have a 37-30 advantage in the at-large delegates, which would give Obama a total lead of three pledged delegates over Clinton.

  Mauro said Clinton may be able to take at least two national nominating convention delegates away from Obama at the state convention. She is working on convincing a majority of the 351 automatic state convention delegates to support her, Mauro said."

  Also of note for anybody who wants an update: "In the national delegate fight, Obama is leading 1,623 to Clinton's 1,499, according to the Associated Press, with 2,025 needed to win."

  —Xrandadu Hutman Read Xrandadu Hutman's other letters
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