Reuters: Obama wins in Mississippi 12 March

On the Republican side, the vote in Georgia is still too close to call as John McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are locked in a tight 3-way battle for the 72 Republican delegates that are up for grabs. Jon Decker reports.

Obama trounced his Democratic rival, taking 61 percent of the vote to Clinton's 37 percent. Exit polls showed that about 90 percent of African-Americans backed Obama, who is trying to become America's first black president. The victory in Mississippi extended Obama's lead over Hillary Clinton in pledged delegates to the August nominating convention. The next big showdown is in Pennsylvania in six weeks time. With 158 delegates at stake, it's the biggest single-state haul remaining in the race for the nomination.

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People in the little town of Obama are preparing headbands, badges and T-shirts with Obama's portrait and the logo "We Love Obama" on them to campaign for the Democrat hopeful. The movement has even spread to involve local leaders, including the priesthood and the local mayor.

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On the Democratic side, it's turning out to be a mixed night for the two candidates left standing. Hillary Clinton is the projected winner in Tennessee, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Barack Obama is the projected winner in Georgia and Illinois. Jon Decker reports.

Most of Obama's wins have come in caucuses...contests in which a smaller amount of voters gather at a specific time -- and in some cases make their choice known publicly. With the exception of her narrow win in the Nevada caucuses, all of Clinton's victories have been in primaries -- with larger numbers of voters making their choice known in the privacy of a voting booth. Jon Decker reports.

This is his 9th straight victory over New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in their battle for the party's presidential nomination.