April 22, 2008
Posted: 11:00 PM ET
From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart (CNN) – Sen. Barack Obama said rival Sen. Hillary Clinton “ran a terrific race” as he conceded defeat in Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary Tuesday night. The Illinois senator also thanked the Pennsylvanians who supported him in his bid to win a state whose demographics favored Clinton. “Now, six weeks later, we closed the gap,” Obama said to an audience in Evansville, Indiana that had initially booed when he congratulated Clinton. “We registered a record number of voters and it is those new voters who lead our party to victory in November,” Obama added. Filed under: Barack Obama Pennsylvania |
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