Mar. 10, Headlines - Barack Obama beat Hillary
Clinton in Wyoming's caucus over the weekend. Obama
received 59 percent to Clinton's 40 percent. Both candidates campaigned there
and Bill and Chelsea Clinton spent several days there. The win in sparsely
populated state gives Obama 7 of the twelve pledged delegates.
Next up is
a primary in Mississippi on Tuesday. But Clinton is heading straight to Pennsylvania
which votes April 22.
Also over the weekend, a special election to replace former GOP Speaker of
the House, Dennis
Hastert, was won by a Democrat. Hastert held that seat for
11 terms and the Republican party put more than a million dollars into the
race but Democrat Bill Foster, scientist and businessman won with 52 percent
of the vote. The Democratic party is citing this as a major victory.
In Los Angeles, a hearing was held on Super Tuesday's Double Bubble mishap.
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen and the County Registrar testified
on the more than 10,000 primary ballots went uncounted because voters failed
to fill out their party affiliation on the ballot. The three hour hearing
also heard from advocates who want an independent investigation. The Secretary
of State said the ballots would
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