No Winner Yet in New Mexico; Obama leads by less than 100 [View All]

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http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCc92PUVIygkNFF0LiBuVuSFmLXAD8UL0NI02

...and 16,000 ballots still need to be counted. Talk about nail-biters!

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Democratic presidential caucuses went into overtime Wednesday.

The day after Super Tuesday, less than 100 votes separated Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, four precincts were still out and more than 16,000 ballots remained to be counted.

With 180 of 184 precincts reporting, Obama held a slim lead — 65,036 votes, compared with 64,965 for Clinton. Both had roughly 48 percent of the vote.

Clinton and Obama are vying for 26 of New Mexico's 38 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Twelve so-called super delegates are not bound by caucus results.

State Democratic Party Chairman Brian Colon said results from four precincts were delayed because the county chairs could not be reached. About 16,870 provisional ballots also remained to be tallied.