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Monday, 10 March 2008 04:00

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.

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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.Barack Obama

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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