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Obama wins Mississippi primary
Democrat Barack Obama easily beat rival Hillary Clinton in Mississippi on Tuesday; a win that sets the stage for a showdown in six weeks time in Pennsylvania.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:56 March 12, 2008
- Obama rode a wave of heavy black support to victory in Mississippi.
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Washington: Democrat Barack Obama easily beat rival Hillary Clinton in Mississippi on Tuesday; a win that sets the stage for a showdown in six weeks in Pennsylvania.
Obama rode a wave of heavy black support to victory and extended his lead over Clinton in pledged delegates to the August nominating convention.
Mr Obama told CNN that he welcomed the "wonderful support" of voters in Mississippi, which has 33 delegates on offer.
"What we have tried to do is steadily make sure that in each state we are making the case about the need for change in this country, and obviously the people of Mississippi responded," he added.
The Illinois senator also won on Saturday in Wyoming. Earlier, he had dismissed Mrs Clinton's offer to run as her deputy.
Clinton revived her hopes in the Democratic race last week by beating Obama in primaries in Ohio and Texas, prolonging their bitter Democratic fight for the right to face Republican John McCain in November's presidential election.
Clinton did not speak publicly after the result, but her campaign manager, Maggie Williams, released a statement thanking the New York senator's supporters in Mississippi.
"Now we look forward to campaigning in Pennsylvania and around the country as this campaign continues," Williams said.
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