Hillary wins New Mexico caucus after string of defeats
Saturday, 16 February 2008
WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (AFP): Hillary Clinton got a badly needed piece of good news Thursday with word she had won last week's New Mexico Democratic presidential caucus over her surging rival Barack Obama.
Clinton received 73,105 votes while Obama had 71,396 votes in the February 5 caucus that drew record turnout, state Democratic official Brian Colon told a televised news conference from New Mexico.
It was a welcome result for the former first lady who had lost eight straight nominating contests to her Senate colleague Obama since splitting the 'Super Tuesday' slate of races on February 5.
With New Mexico, Clinton now has won party contests in 12 states compared to 22 for Obama, who has pulled ahead in the all-important tally of delegates to the Democratic nominating convention in August.
Clinton has been struggling to blunt Obama's momentum and hang on until the race moves to the delegate-rich states of Ohio and Texas on March 4 and Pennsylvania on April 22.
Clinton received 73,105 votes while Obama had 71,396 votes in the February 5 caucus that drew record turnout, state Democratic official Brian Colon told a televised news conference from New Mexico.
It was a welcome result for the former first lady who had lost eight straight nominating contests to her Senate colleague Obama since splitting the 'Super Tuesday' slate of races on February 5.
With New Mexico, Clinton now has won party contests in 12 states compared to 22 for Obama, who has pulled ahead in the all-important tally of delegates to the Democratic nominating convention in August.
Clinton has been struggling to blunt Obama's momentum and hang on until the race moves to the delegate-rich states of Ohio and Texas on March 4 and Pennsylvania on April 22.