2008 Elections
Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 10:02 PM UTC
Arkansas for Obama
The delegation from Clinton's adopted home state, which she won in a landslide in the primaries, gave all its votes to Barack Obama.
DENVER — On Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton won her adopted state by a landslide. She won Arkansas’ Democratic primary with 70 percent of the vote to Barack Obama’s 26 percent, and captured a large majority of the state’s pledged delegates.
So it was particularly symbolic when Arkansas’ delegation to the Democratic convention, after expressing its pride in its one-time first lady, gave every single one of its 47 votes to Obama.
Alex Koppelman is a staff writer for Salon. More Alex Koppelman.
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