Texas Primary Results

Follow the aftermath of the Texas Primary results and track the 2008 presidential campaigns. Texas has 228 delegates. John McCain won the GOp vote and Hillary Clinton won the Democratic Primary vote.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) answers questions on his campaign plane March 5, 2008 while departing San Antonio, Texas. Obama won only one of 4 primaries held yesterday as Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) tightened the race by winning in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island.

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Yes, he has no hope of winning and is a distraction

44%

No, he is promoting conservative values even if he doesn't win the nomination

31%

Should Mike Huckabee drop out of the election?

32 votes so far

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Yes, he has no hope of winning and is a distraction

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If you lived in Texas, who would you vote for?

56 votes so far

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Barack Obama

85%

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What is Goerge "dubya" Bush?

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complete duchbag

56%

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How should Texans feel about George W Bush?

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Embarassed, W is a disaster

Yes

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Will the Texas primary results influence how you personally vote in the main election?

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Democratic Texas Primary Results

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Hillary Clinton won the primary election in Texas yesterday. CNN reports the following details: Hillary Clinton -- 1,452,000 votes -- 51% -- 16 delegates Barack Obama -- 1,354,000 votes -- 48% -- 10 delegates The caucus results are still being tallied but early data indicates that Barack Obama will win the caucus. Read Full Story

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Primary AND Caucus in Texas

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"What's unusual is that you still have two people fighting very hard to be the Democratic nominee for the office of president," Chris McCormack told the press. "That gives special significance to the very complex way in which Texas selects delegates to the National Convention." Texas holds a popular vote for a "Primary". The results of the Texas primary will be used to award a portion of the Texas delegates. A caucus is then held immediately after the popular vote closes. About 8,000... Read Full Story

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Texas Primary Results -- Clinton and McCain

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With 66% of the tally in, the NY Times is reporting that Clinton has a slight lead over Obama with 50% of the vote compared to his 48%. Most of the TV Networks are now reporting that Clinton will win the primary in Texas. However early results indicate that Barack Obama will likely win the causus there. McCain won Texas as well as 3 other states today. Huckabee has officially dropped out of the race...leaving McCain as the GOP winner. Read Full Story

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CNN reporting Obama lead in Texas

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Still too early to know much, but CNN is reporting early trends from Texas. They have Obama in the lead with 58% of the vote. Only 1% of precincts have reported results, so expect major swings before the night is up. Read Full Story

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Oh Snap! Clinton wins TX, OH

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Oh woe is you, Obamites! Rejoice, Hillaroons! Pop open the Champagne, McCainians and Republicans everywhere. By winning the Ohio, Texas, and ever-important Rhode Island primaries Hillary Clinton has shown that she's got some fight left in her (some of it coming from her own pocket apparently). Which means yesterday was a double holiday for Republicans who are licking their chops thinking about a Clinton-McCain Match-up after John McCain clinched the GOP nomination by crushing the... Read Full Story

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Awaiting Texas Primary Results

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Facts about the Texas election: Held on Tuesday March 4th, 2008GOP candidates include John McCain and Mike Huckabee. McCain is favored to win it.Democratic candidates include Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Polls indicate a very close race.On the Democratic side, delegates will be awarded for both the popular vote as well as caucus results. 8,000 caucus sites will conduct meetings immediately after the popular vote closes. Read Full Story

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In Texas, Dems cast more early ballots than Republicans

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According to the Texas Secretary of State's election web site, 717,469 Democrats have already cast ballots either in person or by mail. That's about 9% of the state's 7,815,906 registered voters. Among Republicans, 242,197 (or just over 3% of registered voters) have cast their votes early. Three times more Democratic votes! Read Full Story

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McCain could learn from Clinton: report

by Amanda Erickson Play hard. Hillary Clinton-style hard. That is the message of a new National Review piece urging presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain (Ariz.) to hit Obama aggressively instead of trying to run a "politically virtuous" campaign. Who did this best, the...

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Texas Democrats stand behind Obama

Of the caucus delegates, 57.3 percent said they supported Barack Obama and 42.7 percent backed Hillary Rodham Clinton. That means 38 caucus delegates will go to the national Democratic convention for Obama and 29 for Clinton.

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Clinton backer challenges Texas delegates

By AMAN BATHEJA A local Hillary Clinton supporter has filed a written challenge to 126 Texas delegates elected to attend the National Democratic Convention in Denver. Fort Worth lawyer Jason Smith sent a credentials challenge to the Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws committee last...

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Democrats take closer look at Texas Two-Step

The 2008 Texas Primary was unlike any state Democrats had ever seen. We all remember the caucus madness back in March. Few can forget the lines, chaos and confusion.

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Texas primary, caucus system could face overhaul

The Texas Democrats' primary and caucus system went under the microscope Monday morning, as an advisory panel heard testimony on problems with the system and looked at ways it may need to be changed.

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Obama planning to compete in Texas

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama knows Texas is a longtime Republican stronghold, but he's still hoping to help turn Texas blue.

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State GOP conventioneers back McCain but worry about him in November

U.S. Sen. John McCain has the support of most Texas Republicans who attended the party's state convention that ended Saturday, though there's disagreement over whether the party's expected presidential nominee will electrify voters this fall.

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By Kelley Shannon The Associated Press

AUSTIN – Texas Democratic Party delegates broke into wild applause Saturday as they watched Hillary Rodham Clinton on television suspend her campaign and endorse Barack Obama for president.

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