I'm still waiting for confirmation about this, but Fox News is reporting that Barack Obama has exceeded the amount of delegates he needs to clinch the Democratic nomination:
Barack Obama has reportedly clinched the Democratic nomination, but South Dakota and Montana voters will technically have the last word in this hard-fought, historic primary race.
Voting in the two states wraps up the marathon primary season. Montana rounds out the race when polls close at 10 p.m. ET, exactly five months after Obama wowed the political establishment with his lead-off Iowa caucus victory. South Dakota polls close an hour earlier.
Obama aides expect to do well in both states, and recent polls have favored the Illinois senator in Montana - but since the states together are only worth 31 delegates, far more attention was paid Tuesday to the avalanche of superdelegates that supposedly steadily fell into Obama's camp throughout the day.
The Associated Press declared late Tuesday afternoon that based on private superdelegate endorsements that have not yet been announced, Obama clinched the nomination. It takes 2,118 delegates to win, and the AP reported late in the day that he has 2,123.
If confirmed, then the race begins.
Travis
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