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KRQE - Albuquerque, New Mexico - News, Video, Weather Forecast, Sports, Community, Health, Homes | KBIM - KREZ | Clinton squeaks by Obama to win N.M. caucusALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The dust of the Feb. 5 Democratic cause settled at last today with Sen. Hillary Clinton walking away with the most delegates and a slim 1 percent lead in the vote.
It was an extremely close race with most of the 149,779 people voting casting ballots for Clinton and runner-up Sen. Barack Obama. Here's how the numbersbreak down.
- Hillary Clinton 73,105
- Barack Obama 71,396
- John Edwards 2,157
- Bill Richardson 1,305
- Dennis Kucinich 574
- Joe Biden 122
- Christopher Dodd 81
The difference between 1st and 2nd place--1,709 votes--was enough to award 14 New Mexico delegates to Clinton and 12 to Obama. While Clinton and Obama are the only candidates still in the race, the other five candidates remained on the ballot even though they had already dropped out.
Democrats apologized for the long delay in getting the count, but said many of the 17,000 provisional ballots cast by voters who had problems at polling places were unusual.
"Of those 17,000 votes thousands upon thousands of individuals participated in the Democratic Party of New Mexico caucus," state party chair Brian Colón said. "Unfortunately those thousands of people were registered Republican, Independent, Green, and we even had a couple of people participating from the Bull Moose Party."
Obama's campaign people are still concerned saying they are worried that the long lines may have disenfranchised voters. However they said they are willing to accept the numbers.
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