Jackson Free Press

Yesterday Secretary of State Delbert "Low to Moderate Turnout" Hosemann certified the results of the Mississippi Democratic Primary, giving him essentially two new delegates because he made it over the 62.5 percent margin that draws him yet another at-large delegate. According to DemocraticUnderground.com, Obama ended up with 62.512 percent of the vote (even with all those DeSoto County Republicans crossing over for Hillary Clinton). The final numbers were:

Obama - 265,502
Clinton - 159,221

That gives Obama a heads-up 62.512% victory, which WILL switch another state-wide at-large delegate to him (there are 4 statewide pledged PLEO's in Mississippi, so 62.5% is the tipping point for them to break 3-1 instead of 2-2).

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117856

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And of course there's that little matter of Obama actually winning Texas by 99 to 94 delegates. So much for her hold on the big states.

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DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-01T13:09:20-06:00

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117857

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The Ledger finally caught up with this story today online. Of course, this is about the amount of time it took them to figure out that Mississippi didn't have a "low to moderate turnout." Zzzzzzzzz.

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DonnaLadd

Date

2008-04-03T20:24:49-06:00