Obama wins South Carolina primary
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Exit polls showed voters starkly divided by race, with Obama carried to victory by 81% of the African American vote
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New York Sen. Hillary Clinton won the California Democratic primary on Tuesday, beating rival Barack Obama in the biggest contest of the day and boosting her claim to the party's U.S. presidential nomination, media projected.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - South Carolina Democrats cast votes on Saturday in a bitter presidential nominating race, with Barack Obama leading rival Hillary Clinton in polls and counting on heavy black support to carry him to a needed victory.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama defeated New York Senator Hillary Clinton in Georgia's primary, networks projected, gaining the first victory on the biggest day of voting in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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COLUMBIA, S.C  - 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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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Democrat Barack Obama holds a double-digit lead on rival Hillary Clinton three days before South Carolina's presidential primary, aided by a huge edge among black voters, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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FLORENCE, South Carolina  - Democrat Barack Obama's big lead over rival Hillary Clinton slipped slightly but is still substantial two days before South Carolina's presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama won the Alabama Democratic presidential primary, beating Senator Hillary Clinton, according to projections by NBC and Fox News.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Barack Obama took the first step to winning the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday with a victory in Iowa, while Mike Huckabee capped a stunning political rise to beat Republican rival Mitt Romney.
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Senator Barack Obama looked set for an invigorating victory over White House foe Hillary Clinton Saturday, in a South Carolina primary marred by race rows and bitter personal slurs.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - South Carolina Democrats voted on Saturday in a bitter presidential nominating race, with Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton in polls and counting on heavy black support to carry him to a needed victory.
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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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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton looked on Sunday toward the next battles in a bruising White House race after Obama rolled to a huge win in a bitterly contested South Carolina primary.
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Illinois Sen. Barack Obama easily defeated New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the three Democratic presidential voting events held in three states Saturday -- giving him the first bragging rights after the near-draw between the candidates among the 22 states that participated in last week's "Super Tuesday" spree of Democratic primaries and caucuses.
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The South Carolina Democratic Party broke its own turnout record in Saturday's presidential primary and eclipsed the number of ballots cast by residents in the Republican primary the week before.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain's win in the South Carolina primary yesterday gives him two major victories in the race for the Republican presidential nomination and strengthens his campaign going into the Jan. 29 Florida primary.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton won her adopted state of New York and neighboring New Jersey, while Barack Obama claimed his home state of Illinois and won in Georgia and Delaware.