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U.S. Presidental Election 2008
News Archive May 2008

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May 2008

May 26, 2008

Former Ga. Rep. Barr picked as Libertarian candidate

The Libertarian Party on Sunday picked former Republican Rep. Bob Barr to be its presidential candidate after six rounds of balloting.

Barr beat research scientist Mary Ruwart, who also sought the party's presidential nomination unsuccessfully in 1983, on the final ballot. The vote was 324-276. Read more

May 21, 2008

Clinton Wins Kentucky; Obama Takes Oregon

The Democratic presidential rivals split Tuesday's primary races. Sen. Hillary Clinton won big in Kentucky, but Sen. Barack Obama's victory in Oregon pushed him closer to the nomination. Read more

May 14, 2008

Clinton crushes Obama in West Virginia

Even with her presidential hopes fading, Senator Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory in the West Virginia Democratic primary yesterday, renewing doubts about Senator Barack Obama's prospects in states with large concentrations of white, working-class voters. Read more

May 7, 2008

Obama takes North Carolina, Clinton wins Indiana

Barack Obama took a big stride towards the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday with a thumping victory over Hillary Clinton in North Carolina, while she eked out a wafer-thin win in Indiana.

Well after midnight, hours after they declared the North Carolina result, US networks said the former first lady had taken Indiana by a few thousand votes for a victory margin of 51 percent to 49 percent. Read more

May 6, 2008

Clinton, Obama duke it out for today's primary; both vow to continue nomination quest

Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama waged a last-ditch push for votes in Indiana and North Carolina on Monday even as both vowed to keep campaigning through the month regardless of today's primary results. Read more

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