Barack Obama Sweep Potomac Primaries

Obama easily won three more Democratic nominating contests on Tuesday, extending his winning streak over rival Hillary Clinton and building momentum in a hard-fought U.S. presidential race.

Obama rolled to decisive victories in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, running his hot streak to eight consecutive wins and expanding his lead in pledged convention delegates who select the party’s nominee.

The wins for Obama, who would be the first black U.S. president, followed big weekend triumphs in Maine, Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington and the Virgin Islands.

Obama had 1,202 pledged delegates to Clinton’s 1,184, according to a count by CNN before Tuesday’s voting – well short of the 2,025 needed to clinch the Democratic nomination.