Clinton wins most delegates in Pennsylvania primary

The Associated Press ,  Washington   |  Wed, 04/23/2008 8:32 PM  |  Headlines

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won the most delegates in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary.

Clinton won at least 80 of the 158 delegates up for grabs in Tuesday's contest, according to an analysis of election returns by The Associated Press. Sen. Barack Obama won at least 66, with 12
still to be awarded.

The final delegate count was delayed because many of Pennsylvania's counties are split into multiple congressional districts. Pennsylvania awards delegates according to the statewide vote as well as the vote in individual congressional districts.

Election officials were expected to continue working Wednesday to assign votes from split counties to the appropriate congressional districts.

In the overall race for the noination, Obama led with 1,714.5 delegates, including separately chosen party and elected officials known as superdelegates. Clinton had 1,589.5 delegates, according to the AP tally. (***)

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