Hillary Clinton Declares Victory in Kentucky
Tuesday night, the Associated Press declared Kentucky’s Democratic primary too close to call, reporting a margin of less than one-half of 1 percent between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton with almost all the votes counted.
While NBC News named Clinton as the projected winner of the contest by “perhaps just a few thousand votes,” CNN similarly would not call the race.
As Kentucky’s delegates are awarded proportionately, they will be divided about evenly between Clinton and Sanders no matter who is ultimately declared the winner.
UPDATE 10:35 p.m.: Kentucky’s Secretary of State tells CNN she believes Clinton will win the state.
Kentucky secretary of state: I believe Kentucky will be in the "win column" for Clinton https://t.co/KlbIxGNBpp https://t.co/y1AaH22RBV
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 18, 2016
UPDATE 11:05 p.m.: Hillary Clinton has declared victory in Kentucky.
We just won Kentucky! Thanks to everyone who turned out. We’re always stronger united. https://t.co/8qYPHIje8I pic.twitter.com/elNUP4nFoO
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 18, 2016
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated that all 60 of Kentucky’s delegates would be awarded based on Tuesday’s results. 55 pledged delegates are up for grabs.