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Democratic Primary – Bernie Takes 2 of 3 States, Clinton Take More Delegates

<p>Today&&num;8217&semi;s Democratic Primaries were held in three states&comma; Kansas&comma; Lousiana and Nebraska&period; Senator Bernie Sanders has won both Kansas and Nebraska&comma; former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has won Lousiana&period; Sanders gains 47 delegates&comma; Clinton gains 55&comma; increasing Clinton&&num;8217&semi;s lead slightly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nebraska was an expected win for Sanders&comma; Kansas was a surprise since polls should Hillary with a substantial lead&period; Louisiana went as expected for Hillary Clinton&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This could represent a shift in momentum in light of Clinton&&num;8217&semi;s recent problems with the FBI&&num;8217&semi;s investigation of her unsecure email server&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; Clinton has substantial leads in polls from 4 of the seven largest states&comma; Florida&comma; Ohio&comma; North Carolina and &nbsp&semi;Illinois which are scheduled for March 15&comma; with over 700 delegates at stake&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite this victory for Sanders&comma; we believe short of an indictment&comma; it is unlikely Clinton will lose the nomination&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Currently Clinton leads the delegate count 1121 to 479&comma; however about 500 of her delegates are Super Delegates who could change their minds at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia beginning 25 July&comma; 2016&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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