(June 2008)

Hillary Clinton has stepped out of the Democrat Presidential primary race and will campaign actively for Barack Obama.

(May 21, 2008)

Oregon and Kentucky held their primaries yesterday with Hillary Clinton winning the Kentucky contest and Barack Obama winning the Oregon primary. Mr. Obama says he's within reach of clinching the nomination and Mrs. Clinton says she's ahead in the total popular votes. The Idaho Republican primary is May 27th.

(May 14, 2008)

West Virginia held its Democrat primaries last night and Hillary Clinton won by a commanding 41% over Barack Obama. Former candidate John Edwards has thrown his support behind Mr. Obama.

(May 8, 2008)

Hillary Clinton won Indiana by a small percentage and Barack Obama won North Carolina by a larger margin in the Democrat primaries on Tuesday. Mrs. Clinton is vowing to stay in the race until someone has 2200 delegates.

For the Republicans, the presumptive nominee John McCain won the Republican primaries, though 22% of Republican voters in Indiana and 26% in North Carolina voted for choices other than Mr. McCain showing that he is still failing to unite all the Republicans behind him. Additionally, those percentages don't include the many Republicans who crossed over to vote in the Democrat primaries under Operation Chaos.

May 13 is the West Virginia primary, May 20 Kentucky and Oregon, and May 27 the Idaho Republican primary.

(April 23, 2008)

Six weeks after the last primary, the Pennsylvania primaries were held last night for the Republicans and Democrats. John McCain, the presumptive nominee of the Republicans, won the primary of his party, while Hillary Clinton won on the Democrat side, slightly narrowing Barack Obama's delegate lead. Mrs. Clinton gathered 82 delegates to Mr. Obama's 73.

Guam holds its caucuses May 3 and the Indiana and North Carolina primaries take place May 6.

(March 12, 2008)

The Mississippi primaries were held yesterday and the winner for the Democrats was Barack Obama with 61% of the vote to Hillary Clinton's 37%. Mr. Obama collected 19 delegates while Mrs. Clinton gathered 14. John McCain won for the Republicans.

The next contest is the Pennsylvania primary on April 22.

(March 8, 2008)

Democrats held their caucuses in Wyoming today. Barack Obama won with 58% of the vote to Hillary Clinton's 40%. Less than 20 delegates are at stake in the state. The Republicans had held their Wyoming caucuses in January and Mitt Romney was the winner at that time.

(March 5, 2008)

Democrat Hillary Clinton won the primaries in Rhode Island, Ohio, and Texas last night, while Barack Obama won the Vermont primary. Mr. Obama still holds the lead in delegates, but Mrs. Clinton closed the gap somewhat. Obama has 1355 delegates so far while Mrs. Clinton has 1213.

Wyoming holds a Democratic caucus on March 8 and Mississippi holds its primaries on March 11. Pennsylvania holds its primaries on April 22 and it will be a key state for the Democrats.

(*Delegate totals per MSNBC.)

(March 4, 2008)

On the heels of John McCain's primary wins in Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island, Mike Huckabee has bowed out of the presidential campaign. Mr. McCain has as of tonight gathered enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party.

Barack Obama won in Vermont and Hillary Clinton has won in Rhode Island. As of 10:00 p.m. Texas and Ohio had not been decided for the Democrats.

(February 24, 2008)

Ralph Nader officially threw his hat in the ring as a presidential candidate today on Meet the Press expressing a profound unhappiness with the Republican and Democrat candidates. He also also decried as "close-minded" the people who call him a spoiler saying that "we should have elections of multiple choice like they do in Western Europe and Canada," and suggesting that were it not for him that many voters would have stayed home and not voted in the 2000 election.

(February 20, 2008)

Barack Obama won the Hawaii Democratic primary with 76% of the vote and gathered 12 delegates to Hillary Clinton's 4. Mr. Obama also won in Wisconsin netting himself 40 votes to Mrs. Clinton's 28. He holds a lead in the close delegate race of 1168 to 1018. He has, though, won the last ten states in a row.

John McCain won the Republican primaries in Wisconsin and Washington increasing his delegate lead over Mike Huckabee to 884 to 243.

Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont hold the next primaries on March 4.

(*Delegate totals per MSNBC.)

(February 15, 2008)

Mitt Romney has thrown his support behind his former rival John McCain and asked his 282 delegates to represent and vote for Mr. McCain at the Republican convention in early September.

After more than a week's delay the results from the Democrat vote in New Mexico is in and Hillary Clinton has been declared the winner there. In terms of delegates though she only gained 14, while Barack Obama picked up 12 making it nearly a wash.

Hawaii and Wisconsin hold their primaries next Tuesday the 19th.

(February 13, 2008)

Barack Obama swept the Potomic Primaries yesterday winning by wide margins of votes in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Colombia. Mr. Obama holds 1,078 delegates to date while Mrs. Clinton has 969. The nominee of the Democratic party will need 2,025.

John McCain also swept the primaries in the same states for the Republicans. In terms of voters voting, Republicans appeared to have stayed home in droves as Republican vote totals were half or less than half of Democrat voting totals. Mr. McCain increases his delegate total to 801 to Mitt Romney's 282 and Mike Huckabee's 240. The nominee of the Republican party will need 1,191.

(*Delegate totals per MSNBC.)

(February 10, 2008)

Mike Huckabee won primaries in Louisiana and Kansas on Saturday over rival John McCain. The vote from Washington state was close and is still undecided at the moment. Mr. McCain holds 724 delegates out of the 1,191 needed to be nominated. Mitt Romney has 278, Mr. Huckabee has 234, and Ron Paul has 14.

Barack Obama won this weekend in Maine, Washington, Louisiana, and Nebraska over Hillary Clinton. Mr. Obama has 943 delegates out of the 2,025 needed for nomination, and Mrs. Clinton has 895.

Tuesday, Feb. 12, primaries are held in Washington D.C., Virginia, and Maryland.

(February 7, 2008)

Having gained too few delegates on Super Tuesday, Republican Mitt Romney ended his campaign for the presidency today. This leaves longshot Mike Huckabee and delegate leader John McCain in the Republican race for president. The other long-shot, Ron Paul, is still in the race despite having just a handful of delegates.

Saturday, Democrats hold caucuses in Maine. Tuesday, Feb. 12, primaries are held in Washington D.C., Virginia, and Maryland.

(February 5, 2008)

West Virginia had the first results in the Republican caucuses there today and Mike Huckabee took 52% of the vote to Mitt Romney's 47%. 18 delegates will go to Mr. Huckabee, 3 of which have been promised to Ron Paul in a deal for their votes, according to MSNBC. The rest of the states went as follows.

Barack Obama wins Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Utah (562 delegates)

Hillary Clinton wins, Arizona, Arkansas, California, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Massachusetts (582 delegates)

John McCain wins Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Misouri, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma (613 delegates)

Mitt Romney wins Alaska, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Utah, North Dakota (269 delegates)

Mike Huckabee wins Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, West Virginia (190 delegates)

(Delegate counts are totals through Super Tuesday and are incomplete, source Washington Post)

(February 4, 2008)

Mitt Romney won 52% of the caucus vote in Maine Saturday, while John McCain scored just 21%. Ron Paul gathered a surprising 19%, and Mike Huckabee scraped up 6%. The Democrats will vote on February 10.

Super Tuesday is tomorrow. VOTE if you're in one of the states holding a contest.