Barack Obama wins big in Virginia, DC, and Maryland; John McCain wins too
February 12, 2008 
Barack Obama overtook Hillary Clinton’s delegate lead with three more wins (now eight in a row) and John McCain got his momentum back after winning the Virginia, Washington D.C., and Maryland primaries:
Obama’s wins in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia primaries propelled him past Sen. Hillary Clinton in the race for delegates. […]
Obama had led in pledged delegates, but Clinton had held the lead when superdelegates were factored in.
The Illinois senator has now won eight consecutive contests.
Despite regaining the delegate lead, the race on the Democratic side is far from over and may actually come down to a decision by the close to 800 superdelegates at the convention in August.
In the Republican primaries, John McCain rebounded after three losses last week to win against Mike Huckabee:
Huckabee continued to reemphasize his vow to stay in the race until a candidate reaches the required number of delegates to become the nominee.
This article was originally posted at ElectionSquad.com.
