Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) won the Mississippi primary Tuesday night, stretching his lead over Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY).
Obama beat Clinton 61 percent to 37 percent with 99 percent of the precincts reporting.
With the victory, Obama added 17 delegates to his total while Clinton picked up 11, according to CNN estimates. The Mississippi win was his second consecutive primary victory, having won the Wyoming caucuses Saturday.
It has also been reported that Obama was the winner of the Texas Democratic caucuses that occurred March 4. Obama will be awarded 38 of Texas's delegates, while Clinton will win 29 delegates as a result of the caucuses.
Clinton beat Obama 51 percent to 47 percent in the Texas primary that was also held on March 4, but Obama was expected to win a majority of the 228 Texas delegates due to his caucus win.
Obama now leads Clinton 1,608 to 1,478 in the total delegate count, but it is expected that neither candidate will reach the 2,025 needed to win the Democratic nomination.
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