Obama Wins Virginia


By DAVID ESPO, AP
Tue Feb 12, 7:49 PM EST

Sen. Barack Obama won the Virginia primary Tuesday night and reached out for victories in nearby Maryland and the District of Columbia, determined to erode or even erase Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegate lead in the Democratic presidential race. Obama's triumph made it six straight over Clinton, the former first lady, now struggling in a race she once commanded.

Interviews with voters leaving the polls showed blacks accounted for nearly one-third of the ballots cast in Virginia, and Obama's share approached 90 percent. He and Clinton split the white vote. She led among white women, but he was preferred by a majority of white men.