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Posted: March 4, 2008 7:46 PM
McCain Easily Wraps up Buckeye State Win
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Arizona Sen. John McCain won a second victory Tuesday night as The Associated Press and other news organizations projected the presumptive GOP nominee to win Ohio, adding to his Vermont victory in the evening.

Ohio’s GOP primary awards 85 delegates. While his remaining opponent former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will win a small portion of these, McCain is expected to win most of them.

By then end of the night he is expected to win the 1,191 needed to officially capture the GOP nomination. His campaign is waiting in Texas to unfurl a victory banner if he crosses the line and mathematically secures the nomination.

Ohio holds an open primary that allows voters to cast ballots for either party. Exit polls showed that one in seven Republican voters were independents and that conservatives were dominating turnout in both Ohio and Texas according to the AP.

The Democratic race was too-close-to-call as Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama duke it out for delegates.