McCain Reaches for Command of GOP Race (Wins in Illinois, NJ, Conn., Delaware)

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Source: Associated Press

McCain reaches for command of GOP race
By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain won a string of primaries along the East Coast and in Illinois Tuesday night, reaching for command of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama swapped victories as they waged a nationwide struggle for delegates in the grueling Democratic campaign.

McCain triumphed in New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware, winning all 97 delegates at stake in the three states combined, as well as placing Illinois in his column.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won Republican races in Alabama, his home state of Arkansas and the West Virginia convention. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, won a home state victory.

Obama, hoping to become the first black president, won in Georgia and his home state of Illinois. Clinton, seeking to become the first female president, countered in Oklahoma, Tennessee and then in Arkansas, where she was first lady for more than a decade.

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