Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) officially clinched the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday after winning the Montana primary.
Obama, the first-term senator, captured the Democratic nomination by beating out Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), who was hoping to become the first female nominee.
Obama, 44, becomes the first African-American to lead a national party as the presidential candidate. He was the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. He was the third African-American since Reconstruction to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
Obama won 56% of the votes in Montana, while Clinton won the South Dakota primary with 55%.
According to CNN, Obama has received 2,156 delegate votes to Clinton's 1,923, while Fox News has Obama at 2,144 to Clinton's 1,924. The "magic number" for the delegate count is 2,118.
Clinton has yet to concede, but told New York legislators Tuesday that she is open to becoming Vice President if it would help Democrats win the White House.
Two weeks ago, Obama called on former Fannie Mae chief executive officer Jim Johnson to start the search for a viable Vice Presidential candidate. The list of viable VP candidates has not been officially released.
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