Democrats Split Kentucky, Oregon Primaries

Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton split yesterday’s primary contests, as expected. Clinton won big in Kentucky, CNN (5/21) reports, topping Obama 65%-30%. In Oregon, with 86% of the votes counted, CNN report Obama defeated Clinton 58%-42% — a larger margin than predicted by the two most recent polls (ARG and Suffolk), which had him up by about 5 points. The AP (5/21) reports that Obama now has 1,956 delegates to Clinton’s 1,776 delegates, although not all of yesterday’s delegates have been allocated as counting continues in Oregon. Obama needs 2,026 to secure the nomination.