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March 4, 2008

Clinton, McCain winning by similar margins

Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain were beating their closest opponents in the Rhode Island presidential primaries tonight by roughly the same margin -- almost 2 to 1.

With 93 of the state's 179 polls reporting, Clinton was winning the Democratic primary by 50,836 over Obama's 39,127.

In the much smaller Republican vote, McCain was defeating Mike Huckabee, 7,606 to 2,721, while next closest candidate Ron Paul had 793 votes.

Votes from some towns, such as Barrington, had yet to be recorded by the state Board of Elections. Officials there had no knowledge of problems in those towns, saying they simply hadn't sent in their votes yet.

Get the latest calculations from the state Board of Elections Web site.

Posted by Andrea Panciera  at 10:30 PM | Permalink

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