Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama speaks at a rally at the North Carolina State University arena May 6, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
President, U.S. Senate, Congress, and the Minnesota House of Representatives are the major races in the campaign of 2008. This is the first presidential election without an incumbent or sitting vice president involved since 1952.
Obama pulls ahead in delegate count
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won a decisive victory in North Carolina, while Hillary Clinton won Indiana on a thin margin. Midday explores what the results mean as the campaigns get ready for the next primary elections in Nebraska and West Virginia.
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Larry Jacobs: political science profesor at the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and director of the Institute's Center for the Study of Politics and Governance.
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