Obama wins most of early delegates in SC
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Sen. Barack Obama won at least 19 delegates in South Carolina's Democratic primary, with 15 delegates still to be awarded. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won at least nine delegates and former Sen. John Edwards won at least two.
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Sen. Barack Obama won the Virginia primary Tuesday night and reached out for victories in nearby Maryland and the District of Columbia, determined to erode or even erase Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegate lead in the Democratic presidential race.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Democrat Barack Obama expanded his lead on rival Hillary Clinton to 15 points heading into South Carolina's bitterly contested presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama swept Hillary Clinton in three more primaries in the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, giving him eight consecutive wins and a clear lead in the race for delegates.
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Forget the candidates. South Carolina's Democratic Party stands to be the big winner in Saturday's first-in-the-South contest.
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Barack Obama may find that for black voters in South Carolina, being black isn't everything. If there is a single state where being black holds the potential to boost Obama's chances to win the Democratic presidential nomination, South Carolina fits the bill.
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Sen. Barack Obama defeated Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in caucuses in Nebraska and led in Washington on Saturday night, hoping to chip away at her delegate lead in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The two rivals also contested a Louisiana primary.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Hillary Clinton won the biggest of the Super Tuesday primaries while Senator Barack Obama won more states, extending their struggle for the Democratic presidential nomination into next month and beyond.
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Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama each won at least eight delegates in New Hampshire's Democratic primary, with six delegates still to be allocated, an AP analysis of primary results showed.
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Barack Obama won a vital contest  in South Carolina on Saturday in his quest for the U.S.  Democratic presidential nomination, showing strength among  southern blacks who make up half the state's Democratic voters.
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Huckabee trims costs, including press travel... Obama going after Clintons with a passion in effort to win South Carolina primary
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Sen. Barack Obama easily won Democratic primaries Virginia and Maryland on Tuesday and reached out for another in the District of Columbia in a determined drive to erase Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegate lead in the party's presidential race. Obama's triumphs made it seven straight over Clinton, the former first lady, now struggling in a race she once commanded.
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Illinois Sen. Barack Obama took 55 percent of the vote to win the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary on Saturday -- his second victory among the party's five voting events so far, and the most decisive primary win by any candidate in either party to date.
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Barack Obama leads the Democratic presidential field in South Carolina, while Fred Thompson is challenging Rudy Giuliani for the top spot among Republican contenders, according to a new poll.
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John McCain and Mike Huckabee each looked for a much-needed South Carolina win to provide a show of strength heading into pivotal Florida while Mitt Romney's victory in barely contested Nevada gave him a boost in the delegate race.
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MEMPHIS, Tennessee  - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton jockeyed for position on Sunday in a bruising U.S. presidential race after Obama scored a landslide win in a South Carolina primary tinged with the issue of race.
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Senator Barack Obama routed Hillary Clinton in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary on Saturday, riding massive African-American support to a critical win in his bid to become the first black US president.