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The 2008 Mississippi Primary, also known as the Delta Primary, was held on March 11, 2008, to allocate the state's 33 Democratic and 38 Republican delegates. It was the only primary held that day. The polls were open from 7 am until 7 pm, and though John McCain had already won enough delegates to take the Republican nomination, the Mississippi vote may prove important in the Democratic race, a rarity for the state. McCain and Barack Obama were the winners.
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Fast Facts:
- Mississippi will also send 7 superdelegates to the 2008 Democratic Convention
- Governor Kathleen Sebelius has endorsed and campaigned for Obama
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2008 Delta Primary News and Commentaries
- Topix.net: 2008 Delta Primary
- Google News: 2008 Delta Primary
- NPR: Obama Wins Mississippi's Democratic Primary (March 11, 2008)
- Exit polls confirm that Obama won 90% of the African-American vote in Mississippi. African-Americans accounted for half of all the Democratic Primary's voters.
- WSJ.com: Obama Favored Over Clinton in Mississippi (March 10, 2008)
- Obama leads Clinton in local polls 585-34%. His lead among registered Democrats is larger, 66%-31%.
- USAToday.com: Mississippi relishes chance to play part in nomination (March 10, 2008)
- Obama leads Clinton in the Mississippi polls. The demographics in the state are favorable to him - he tends to perform well with African-American voters, who account for more than 50% of Mississippi's Democrats.
- ChicagoTribune.com: Mississippi banks on change (March 10, 2008)
- Los Angeles Times: For Obama, and Clinton too (March 10, 2008)
- The New York Times: Democrats Down the Ticket Worry About an Impasse (March 10, 2008)
- USAToday.com: Dem stand-ins campaign in Miss. (March 9, 2008)
- Google Blog Search: 2008 Delta Primary
