Hillary Clinton wins Pennsylvania, cuts Obama’s lead

Hillary Clinton, one of the two remaining contenders for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States has won the Pennsylvania Democratic primary.

With 99.34% of districts reporting, Clinton received 1,237,696 votes (54.3%) and Obama got 1,043,174 (45.7%). This translates to an estimated 84 delegates for Clinton and 74 for Obama. Additionally, Pennsylvania has 29 unpledged “superdelegates”.

Despite her win, she still lags behind frontrunner Barack Obama in the number of delegates. Neither candidate has the needed number of delegates to clinch and secure the Democratic Party’s presumptive nomination spot.

“Some people counted me out and said to drop out. But the American people don’t quit, and they deserve a president who doesn’t quit either,” Clinton told supporters at a rally last night in Philadelphia.

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