http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/31/obama-wins-overall-delegate-race-in-texas/
WA****NGTON — 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 sup****t 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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