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Article: Obama adds 31 pledged delegates from Oregon after primary voting.(City/Region)(The Illinois senator leads in the state superdelegate count)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- May 28, 2008
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Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard
Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama's 58-percent win in last week's Oregon primary has translated into a 31-delegate prize, the Democratic Party of Oregon announced Tuesday.
That leaves rival Hillary Clinton with the remaining 21 out of Oregon's 52 pledged delegates.
It took the party a week to determine how the delegates would be divided, based on a formula that takes into account the primary voting results in each of Oregon's five congressional districts.
The pledged delegates, along with nine alternate delegates, will represent Oregon at the summer's Democratic National Convention, ...