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AP Says That Obama's Won The Democratic Nomination Contest

By Ryan Singel, Kevin Poulsen, Sarah Lai Stirland, Kim Zetter, and David Kravets

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This just in: The Associated Press reports that Barack Obama's won the Democratic nomination, based on its latest tally of convention delegates.

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., meets with workers at the Rite-Aid Distribution Center during a campaign stop in Waterford, Mich. Monday, June 2, 2008. Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, June 3, 2008, based on an Associated Press tally of convention delegates, ahead of the results from the day's final primaries in Montana and South Dakota.
(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

The tally was based on public declarations from delegates as well as from another 15 who have confirmed their intentions to the AP. It also included 11 delegates Obama was guaranteed as long as he gained 30 percent of the vote in South Dakota and Montana later in the day. It takes 2,118 delegates to clinch the nomination.

In addition to being the first African-American candidate to lead the Democrats into the general election, Obama's candidacy will be the first that would have successfully combined the expertise of off-line organizing savoir faire with the power of online grass-roots activism.