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Article: Backgrounder: Democratic presidential primary in U.S. state of Oregon
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 20, 2008
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Backgrounder: Democratic presidential primary in U.S. state of
Oregon
WASHINGTON, May 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois
and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York are competing in the
states of Kentucky and Oregon Tuesday, as the Democratic
presidential nomination race approaches to the end.
In Oregon, polling hours started 1400 GMT and ended by 0300 GMT
Wednesday.
Because the largest portion of the state is in the lagging time
zone and U.S. TV networks have no choice but to not make any
projections until the polls close.
The state was allocated 65 delegates to the 2008 Democratic
National Convention.
Of these, 52 are pledged delegates tied to the results of the May
20 ...