May 03 2008
Obama wins Guam by 7
Barack Obama has won the Democratic presidential primary in Guam by seven votes. That’s votes, not points. Seven votes. But, as Hillary Clinton is fond of saying, “a win is a win.”
Obama wins close race, beats Clinton in Guam
Barack ObamaHAGATNA, Guam – Barack Obama has defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in Saturday’s Democratic caucuses on Guam by just seven votes in a race that has assumed greater importance because of the candidates’ scrapping for every delegate.
More than 4,500 island Democrats voted.
Neither candidate campaigned on the island in person.
Results of the all-night count completed Sunday morning Guam time show delegates pledged to Obama with 2,264 votes to 2,257 for Clinton’s slate.
The territory sends the equivalent of four pledged delegates and five superdelegates to the National Convention in August in Denver although U.S. citizens on the island have no vote in the November election.
Each candidate will get two pledged delegates. Of the five superdelegates, one has declared for Obama, one for Clinton and three are still undeclared.
In other words, we’re pretty much where we were before Guam voted. Indiana and North Carolina both vote on Tuesday. As things stand right now, Clinton will likely win in Indiana and Obama will take North Carolina. Then it’s on to West Virginia on May 13, Kentucky and Oregon on May 20, Puerto Rico on June 1 and (finally) Montana and South Dakota on June 3.
The National Convention will be held in Denver, Colorado on August 25 to 28.
This is fun, isn’t it?
UPDATE: Though it most likely will not change anything in any appreciable way, it appears that a recount is imminent in Guam.
3 Responses to “Obama wins Guam by 7”
I had no idea there were primaries in Guam!
You’re right, this is fun!
Clinton would need to win every remaining primary by a huge margin in order to come close to Obama in legitimate delegates. This is a thumb tack in the coffin of her presidential campaign.
Go Obama!