Current Delegate Count: Obama Is Just 143 Delegates Away From Nomination

Current Delegate Count: Obama Is Just 143 Delegates Away From NominationSen. Hillary Clinton has certainly registered her victory in the Mountain State, but it isn’t big enough to derail Sen. Barack Obama, who is still in driving seat.

According to the current West Virginia delegate count, Clinton has won 20 while Obama has won 8 delegates in the state. So, WV win now takes her overall delegate count tally to 1719 delegates, which include her 1446 pledged delegates and 272 superdelegates.

But, Obama has still maintained his lead in the current delegate count; he has overtaken Clinton in superdelegate count as well. The Illinois senator now has total 1886 delegates, which include his 1599 pledged delegates and 287 superdelegates. So, Obama is now just 139 delegates away from his destination; Clinton still needs 306 delegates to win nomination.