Hillary Rodham Clinton scored an easy victory in today's Puerto Rico primary, a widely expected win that underscores the advantage she has enjoyed among Latino voters over Democratic rival Barack Obama. Nearly complete returns from Puerto Rico showed Clinton with better than a 2-1 edge among the island's Democratic voters, leading 68% to 32%.
Still, Puerto Rico, which had 55 pledged delegates at stake, did not deliver enough support to Clinton for her to overtake Obama in the race for the Democratic nomination. And only two primaries remain, Tuesday's contests in South Dakota and Montana, states too small by themselves to turn the race in Clinton's favor.
Per ABC news:
Clinton 68% 38 delegates
OBama 32% 17 delegates
So it remains a quagmire ... |
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