Texas Tips Nomination to Kerry
By Jim Dallas
According to CBS News, maybe Texas Democrats really did matter after all (with a little help from our friends in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida):
Kerry won primaries Tuesday in Florida, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, largely without major opposition. He won about 75 percent of the vote in Florida and Mississippi, and about two-thirds in the other states.
The wins give Kerry 2,174 delegates (including so-called "super-delegates"), according to a CBS News tally, surpassing the 2,162 needed to win the Democratic nomination.
Kerry was returning to Washington on Wednesday to meet with Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor who had been one of his top rivals for the nomination. He was scheduled to meet Thursday with John Edwards, who left the campaign after the Super Tuesday elections of March 2.
Dean is prepared to campaign for Kerry and ask his own contributors to donate to Kerry's campaign, said officials familiar with the meeting. Aides are expected to spend a week or so planning an endorsement, the officials said.
I guess it's time to start making our "Texas is Kerry Country" signs...
Posted by Jim Dallas at March 10, 2004 10:10 PM
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