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   Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008

   His campaign claimed to have won more delegates. ... On March 8, 2008, Barack Obama won the Wyoming caucus by nineteen points.
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   Hillary Clinton caucuses and primaries, 2008

   According to CBS News estimates, Obama won 803 pledged delegates on Super Tuesday and Clinton took 799. ... "Hillary and Barack, Afta Nafta".
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   United States presidential election, 2008

   There was some speculation that the fight over the delegates could last until the convention in August. ... Also notably, Barack Obama won all of the 2004 swing states (states that either Kerry or Bush won by less than 5%) by a margin of 9 percent or more with the exception of Ohio, which the Democrat carried by 4.5%.
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   Barack Obama

   On May 31, the Democratic National Committee agreed to seat all of the disputed Michigan and Florida delegates at the national convention, each with a half-vote, narrowing Obama's delegate lead. ... Obama won Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards for abridged audiobook versions of both of his books; for Dreams from My Father in February 2006 and for The Audacity of Hope in February 2008.
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   Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008

   Obama won the Iowa caucuses with 38% of the vote, over Edwards, 30%, and Clinton, 29%. ... The Michigan delegates were also given half-votes, with 69 delegates pledged to Hillary Clinton and 59 to Barack Obama; this proposed change passing by 19-8.
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   United States presidential election, 2008 timeline

   January 19 - Nevada caucuses: Democratic caucus won by Hillary Clinton (but Barack Obama claims more delegates); Republican caucuses won by Mitt Romney. ... Obama wins enough delegates to officially become the Democratic nominee, however, his opponent Hillary Clinton does not concede.
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   Nevada Democratic caucuses, 2008

   Hillary Clinton won the most local delegates while Barack Obama was projected to win the most delegates to the national nominating convention.
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   Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008

   On November 4, 2008, projections indicated that Obama won the election, making him the President-elect and the first African American elected President of the United States. ... His opponent in the general election, Republican John McCain, passed the delegate threshold to become the presumptive nominee of his party on March 4.
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   South Carolina Democratic primary, 2008

   South Carolina's 45 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention are awarded proportionally based on the results of the primary. ... Barack Obama won the primary, taking 44 of the 46 counties; Edwards won in his native Oconee County, while Clinton won in Horry County, which contains Myrtle Beach.
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    United States presidential election debates, 2008

    Neither McCain nor Obama broke from talking points, and neither candidate made any major gaffe. ... In CBS's poll of uncommitted voters, 53% felt Obama had won and 22% thought McCain had won, Obama's largest margin of victory of the three debates.

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