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| Obama 'within reach' of victory |
| Senator Barack Obama says he is close to securing the Democratic Party's nomination to run in the US presidential election in November.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 21-May-2008
8:46:12 AM |
| Mr Obama looks set to win a majority of "pledged" delegates, allocated in primary elections, although he is still short of a confirmed overall victory.
With most of the votes counted, he is well ahead in Tuesday's Oregon primary.
But rival Senator Hillary Clinton won Kentucky's primary by a large margin and has vowed to fight on.
'Popular vote'
Mr Obama addressed his supporters in Iowa, scene of this year's first presidential selection contest.
"We have returned to Iowa with a majority of delegates elected by the American people," he told his supporters.
"You have put us within reach of the Democratic nomination for president of the United States," he said.
The party's presidential candidate will be chosen by party delegates at the Democratic National Convention in August.
With all the votes counted in Kentucky and most of the votes counted in Oregon, Mr Obama has won 1,649 pledged delegates, surpassing the 1,627 needed to claim a majority.
Mrs Clinton has won 1,497 pledged delegates.
Correspondents say Mr Obama will be hoping that his majority will persuade the remaining undecided "super-delegates" - senior party members who get a vote at the convention - to rally behind him.
Hailing her Kentucky victory, Mrs Clinton said she would fight "until we have a nominee - whoever she may be".
In a passage seemingly directed at the remaining undecided super-delegates, Mrs Clinton said she would be "best positioned to win in November" against the presumptive Republican candidate, Senator John McCain.
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