Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is
poised to effectively lock up the Democratic nomination for
president Tuesday once primaries and a caucus are completed in 10
states, the Washington Post reported.
The primaries in New York, California, Georgia, Ohio,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maryland
and a caucus in Minnesota will award 1,151 delegates to the
Democratic National Convention, where the party’s nominee will be
officially named in July. Victories in those states would bring
Kerry’s total delegate count to about 1,500, the paper said. A
candidate needs 2,162 delegates for the nomination.
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Democratic officials have said their efforts to campaign
against President George W. Bush, who has more than $100 million
to spend between now and September, would be more effective if
they could concentrate on a single candidate, the Post said.
North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, Kerry’s main competitor, is
focusing on winning enough delegates in Georgia, Ohio and
Minnesota to justify continuing his campaign.
The next set of primaries after Tuesday’s are March 9 in Florida, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
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