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Posted: Sat, Feb 9 2008, 10:36 pm EST Post subject: Obama sweeps; Huckabee takes at least one state |
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Obama sweeps; Huckabee takes at least one state
Barack Obama swept all three major Democratic presidential contests Saturday, while Mike Huckabee defeated GOP front-runner John McCain in one state and was running neck-and-neck with him in two others.
Obama, a senator from Illinois, won the most votes at Democratic caucuses in Nebraska and also easily defeated Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Washington state's Democratic caucuses.
Then he defeated her as well in Louisiana's primary.
Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, won his party's caucuses in Kansas. And, he and McCain were battling in Louisiana and Washington. Both those races were still too close to call at 10:20 p.m. ET.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-02-09-saturdayvoting_N.htm |
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