Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin, North End, Boston

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

OBAMA INCREASES DELEGATE LEAD WITH MISSISSIPPI WIN



Barack Obama triumphed in a racially divided Mississippi primary today by winning about 90% of black votes and a third of white voters.


He also won last week's Texas caucuses, scoring more state delegates overall than primary-winner Hillary Clinton.


Mississippi awards 33 delegates and Texas 193 in their respective state races. •


Obama has beaten Clinton in contests across the South—South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana—all states where black voters made a strong show in his favor.


Mississippi exit polls showed that nearly half of voters were black, a fifth were independent, and one in 10 Republican.


Mississippi is the last contest before Pennsylvania's whopping 188-delegate primary next month.

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