Obama Campaign's Post-Oregon Tally: We're 62 Dels Away From Nomination
The Obama campaign has just released its official delegate tally after last night's voting. They claim they are now 62 delegates from securing the nomination.
Here are their totals from last night:
Oregon: Obama 31, Clinton 21Kentucky: Obama 14, Clinton 37
And here are the Obama camp's totals overall:
Edwards pledged delegates now supporting Obama: 9Obama Pledged Delegates: 1,647.5 (20.5 more than needed for the majority)
Obama Superdelegates: 307.5
Obama Total Delegates: 1,964
That puts them within 62 total delegates of 2026, which the Obama camp is pointing to as the magic number. The Hillary campaign, of course, is disputing this, arguing that Florida and Michigan should be seated.
Right now, we can't be certain of how the Rules and Bylaws Committee will rule on Florida and Michigan on May 31 or how this will affect the nomination battle. Suffice it to say, however, that as Obama's total continues to mount, it becomes more and more likely that he will secure the nomination even if the RBC sat the two states' delegations in precisely the manner Hillary hopes.
And that's something that very likely won't happen, anyway.
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