AP Digital News: Clinton Wins Indiana; Obama takes North Carolina 07 May

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were nervously awaiting the verdict on Tuesday of voters in North Carolina and Indiana, the biggest nominating contests left in their Democratic presidential tussle. An AFPTV report.

Clinton's victory gave her new momentum and set up a tough battle with Obama as the race heads on to contest in Nevada and South Carolina

With nearly all the votes counted, Obama had doubled Clinton's vote total, winning 55 percent to her 27 percent, a more than 2 to 1 margin. Edwards had 18 percent. Speakers: Sen. Barack Obama Sen. Hillary Clinton Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution

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.

By beating Barack Obama in three out of four Democratic primaries-- Clinton stopped Obama's 12 state winning streak and gave a much-needed boost to her campaign. Jon Decker reports.

Obama, aided by a huge edge among black voters, leads Clinton 43 percent to 25 percent in the rolling tracking poll. John Edwards is a distant third at 15 percent heading into Saturday's contest. The race in South Carolina still shows some fluidity. Jon Decker reports.

John Edwards came in a disappointing third - trailing significantly behind both Obama and Clinton

Obama was the projected winner in Minnesota, Connecticut, Kansas, North Dakota, Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Georgia, Colorado and Delaware.

Iowa turned into a battle among Democrats between Clinton's message of experience and Obama's of change which the first-term Illinois senator won decisively.The Illinois senator, bidding to become the first black U.S. president, said his upbeat campaign appealed to young people and had attracted the record numbers that propelled him past New York Sen. Hillary Clinton on Thursday to make him Iowa's choice for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Voters in the midwestern state of Indiana go to the polls on Tuesday with Barack Obama hoping to knock resurgent rival Hillary Clinton out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. An AFPTV report.