Obama Wins Delegates in Mississippi, Texas

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., got double the good news: He won the Mississippi primary and came in first in the Texas caucuses.

The next contest between Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., is April 22 in Pennsylvania, with 158 delegates at stake.

Obama took Mississippi by a wide margin over Clinton, taking 61 percent of the vote compared to Clinton’s 36 percent, CNN reported. The state’s 33 delegates will be allocated proportionately.

What we’ve tried to do is steadily make sure that in each state we are making the case about the need for change in this country, Obama told CNN after his win.

Democratic voters sharply divided along racial lines, exit polls indicated. Obama won support from African-Americans, who voted for him by 91 percent to 9 percent. Mississippi white voters backed Clinton over Obama, 72 percent to 21 percent.

Obama finished first in the Texas Democratic caucuses, receiving more delegates than Clinton, who won the primary. The caucuses were March 4 but not called until Tuesday. Under the state’s Democratic primary system, two-thirds of Texas’ 193 delegates were at stake at the primary, while the remaining one-third were decided by caucuses.