Clinton Wins Pennsylvania

23 April 2008

U.S. media are reporting that Democratic Party presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton has won the eastern state of Pennsylvania's primary contest.

The state offers 158 delegates, all of whom will be allotted based on vote results.

Clinton is to address her supporters in Pennsylvania, while her Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama, has moved on to the midwest state of Indiana, which holds its primary May 6.

Despite the reported win, Clinton is still behind Obama in the number of delegates who will nominate the party's candidate. The Democratic nominee will face the Republican nominee-in-waiting, John McCain, in the November election.

Clinton told NBC's Today Show that a victory in Pennsylvania, along with her wins in California and New York, will prove that Obama cannot win in states with large numbers of delegates.

Obama told the same program that although he did not expect to win Pennsylvania, he had successfully cut into Clinton's once-double digit lead.

Clinton once held a 20 point lead in polls of Pennsylvania Democrats, but the gap narrowed to single digits in recent weeks.

Separately, McCain, a veteran Arizona lawmaker, was in the midwestern U.S. state of Ohio Tuesday. He is taking part in a week-long tour of areas struggling economically, what his campaign calls the "forgotten" parts of the United States.