Networks Call Race for Obama

by Andy Barr - 06/03/08 9:02 PM ET

As the polls close in South Dakota and Montana, MSNBC calls the Democratic primary for Barack Obama.

Sam Youngman has the story.

Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) secured the Democratic nomination Tuesday night, becoming the first black candidate to win a major party nomination and setting up a condensed general election battle with presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.).

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In victory, Obama sought to first unify what appears to be a fractured party, lavishing praise on vanquished rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.).

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