Illinois Senator Barack Obama got back on the winning track Saturday by beating New York senator Hillary Clinton in the Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses.
At EUR press time, Obama had 61 percent of the vote and Clinton had 38 per cent.
In recent days, Clinton campaign officials had downplayed their expectations in the Wyoming caucuses. Obama is obviously resonating with caucus voters; Before Wyoming he won 12 while losing only three.
As far as delegates are concerned, only 12 were up for grabs in Wyoming, but in what has become a tight race, every delegate counts ... a whole lot. Seven delegates will go to Obama and five will go to Clinton. And like primary and caucus elections before it this year, Wyoming election officials say state Democrats turned out in record numbers. In 2004, only 675 people voted in the state caucuses. More than 4,500 had voted Saturday, according to the latest count.
There are 59,000 registered Democrats in the state and on Saturday, one county alone was reporting a turnout of up to 1,000 people.
The big turnout follows campaign stops in the state by the candidates on Friday. Clinton held town-hall meetings and Obama held a rally at the University of Wyoming, along with a townhall meeting in the town of Casper.
As of the start of Saturday's caucuses, Obama held an overall pledged delegate lead of 1,571 to 1,462. Clinton, however, leads in the superdelegate count by 242 to 210. The eventual nominee will need at least 2,025 delegates to win the race.
The next primary takes place on Tuesday in Mississippi where 33 committed or pledged delegates are at stake.
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