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Article: Hillary Clinton stays in White House race with Pennsylvania win
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- April 23, 2008
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Washington, April 23 -- Hillary Clinton has won a much-needed victory in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary with not as big a margin as she hoped for, but big enough to keep her very much in the White House race.
With over 80 percent of the votes counted a couple of hours after polls in the state closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday (5.30 a.m. IST Wednesday), the former first lady led with 55 percent of the vote to 45 percent for frontrunner rival Barack Obama.
Claiming victory after a bitter seven-week campaign, Clinton told cheering supporters in Philadelphia: "It's a long road to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. (White House) and it runs ...