WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama reached a majority of the pledged delegates at stake in the primaries and caucuses Tuesday, a symbolic milestone in his march toward the Democratic nomination for president.
But he still has work to do to claim victory over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Clinton won an overwhelming majority of the delegates in Kentucky, but Obama was expected to fare better in Oregon, where the deadline to vote was 11 p.m. EDT.
Clinton won at least 37 delegates in the two states and Obama won at least 23, according to an analysis of election returns by The Associated Press. All 51 delegates from Kentucky were awarded but there were still 43 of 52 to be allocated in Oregon.
Obama has won 1,633.5 pledged delegates in primaries and caucuses, surpassing the 1,627 needed to claim a majority. There are three primaries remaining.
Obama has an overall total of 1,940 delegates, including endorsements from party and elected officials known as superdelegates. Clinton has 1,759, including superdelegates, according the latest tally by the AP.
Obama is expected to come out of the two contests about 60 delegates short of the 2,026 needed to clinch the nomination. He has added nearly that many superdelegates in the past two weeks.
Obama added two superdelegates Tuesday and Clinton picked up one...........
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