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AP declares Obama the democratic nominee
Less than five hours before the polling stations close, it’s already been a busy day for Democratic senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
It began with an Associated Press report that said Clinton planned to concede tonight after the primaries, and ended with another AP article declaring Obama as “the first black candidate to lead a major party into a campaign for the White House.”
The AP based this conclusion on a number of superdelegates who have not yet publicly endorsed Obama, but have secretly told reporters that they plan to.
Their report also said Clinton “signaled interest in joining the ticket as his running mate.” Although, she does not plan to end her campaign tonight.
Click here to read the rest of the AP’s report.
But it’s also been hectic for Clinton Campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who spent the morning reassuring several media outlets that Clinton had absolutely no intentions of conceding tonight.
“… the nomination fight goes on until we see the magic numbers …” McAuliffe said. “No one has the numbers to be the democratic nominee right now.”
Obama or Clinton must garner 2,118 total delegates to secure the nomination. This afternoon, Obama had 2,083, while Clinton trailed with 1,917.
Polls for the final primaries this election season will end today at 10 p.m.
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