Current Delegate Count as of May 21, 2008 Shows Sen. Obama as Virtual Nominee
Number of delegates Senator Obama needs to secure the nomination: 62
Including the projected 31 delegates Senator Obama won in Oregon, the 14 the antiwar candidate won in Kentucky and the support of superdelegate Congressperson Joe Courtney, Democrat of Connecticut 2nd congressional district, that was announced this morning, the Illinois senator has now won a majority of pledged delegates and is just 62 delegates away from securing the nomination.
The Math
Total Pledged Delegates from Primaries and Caucuses: 3,253
Pledged Delegates needed for majority: 1,627
Total delegates needed for nomination: 2026
Pledged delegate projections from May 20 primaries:
Oregon: Obama 31, Clinton 21
Kentucky: Clinton 37, Obama 14,
Senator John Edwards’s pledged delegates now supporting Obama: 9
Obama Pledged Delegates: 1,647.5 (20.5 more than needed for the majority)
Obama Superdelegates: 307.5
Obama Total Delegates: 1,964