Obama Wins More Delegates in Iowa, Calif.

by Amy Judd | March 15, 2008 at 08:23 pm

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Sen Barack Obama is still winning delegates in his race to be presidential candidate. Today he had a victory in Iowa.

CHICAGO - Sen. Barack Obama picked up nine more pledged delegates in Iowa, his presidential campaign said late Saturday night, as thousands of Democrats took part in county conventions.

All but one of the delegates had been among the 14 won Jan. 3 by former senator John Edwards, who has since dropped out of the Democratic presidential race. Election-night projections showed Obama getting 16 delegates and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 15.

With the other six standing firm for Edwards at the county conventions, Obama's camp claimed 25 delegates from Iowa to 14 for Clinton.

"This is a very significant improvement for us," Obama campaign manager David Plouffe told reporters of the Iowa result. "We both fought as hard as we could here."