Atlanta, GA 2/15/2008 4:57:37 AM
News / Politics

Clinton, Obama Debate on CNN Thursday Night

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will debate Thursday night on CNN at 8pm.

The Democratic debate is in partnership with Univision and the Texas Democratic Party. Obama is currently in the lead for delegates with 1,253 with Clinton close behind with 1,211.

Obama and Clinton need to reach 2,025 delegates to win the Democratic nomination.

Texas is very important to both campaigns due to its large amount of delegates. Texas is the second largest state in the United States in population, behind California.

California had 370 delegates and 71 superdelegates, so Texas should be generate around 400 delegates altogether.

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