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Sanders Wins Oregon Primary; Clinton Declares Victory in Tight Kentucky Race

HeadlineMay 18, 2016

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has won the Democratic primary in Oregon, while Hillary Clinton has declared victory in Kentucky. With 99 percent of Kentucky precincts reporting, Clinton leads Sanders by 0.5 percent. Sanders thanked his supporters in both states.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: “Let me also take this opportunity to say a word of thanks to the people of Kentucky. In a closed primary, something I am not all that enthusiastic about, where independents are not allowed to vote, where Secretary Clinton defeated Barack Obama by 250,000 votes in 2008, it appears tonight that we’re going to end up with about half of the delegates from Kentucky.”

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