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| Obama wins primaries clean sweep |
| Illinois Senator Barack Obama looks set to overtake his rival, Senator Hillary Clinton, in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 13-February-2008
9:19:1 AM |
| In the latest round of primaries, Mr Obama has clinched Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
But neither has secured enough party delegates to secure the nomination to contest November's presidential poll.
For the Republicans, Senator John McCain is on course to win all three races, beating rival Mike Huckabee.
With eight consecutive primary wins behind him, Mr Obama is beginning to look formidable and the manner of his victory on Tuesday looks ominous for Mrs Clinton, says the BBC's North America editor, Justin Webb.
Halfway there
"Tonight we're on our way," Mr Obama told supporters in Wisconsin, which will hold the next primary on 19 February.
Mrs Clinton, who has recently lost a number of key staff, indicated she would be focusing on the races in Ohio and Texas in March as her best hope to retake the lead.
"We're going to sweep across Texas in the next three weeks," she said, making no mention of the three contests she lost.
"I'm tested, I'm ready, let's make it happen," she told supporters.
Each Democratic candidate is about halfway to winning the 2,025 delegates needed to secure victory at the party's national convention in August.
With most of the Tuesday's votes counted, Mr Obama has edged into the lead with 1,223 delegates to Mrs Clinton's 1,198 delegates, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Mrs Clinton's deputy campaign manager, Mike Henry, reportedly stepped down on Monday, in a shake-up coming only a day after her campaign manager left.
Meanwhile Mr McCain, who holds a strong lead over his Republican rival Mike Huckabee, told supporters he was "fired up and ready to go".
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