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Huckabee pulls out win in Louisiana

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor February 10, 2008 12:28 AM

Mike Huckabee added Louisiana to his wins tonight, as a large chunk of Republican voters rebelled against the party establishment coalescing behind John McCain.

Fox News projected that Huckabee would win the Southern state, after sweeping the region's states on Super Tuesday. With about 97 percent of precincts counted, Huckabee led McCain 44 percent to 42 percent.

But it did not appear either candidate would get more than 50 percent of the vote, meaning that the 20 delegates up for grabs yesterday will be uncommitted when they go to the GOP convention in September.

McCain has a huge lead in delegates and has been treated as the presumptive nominee since Thursday, when Mitt Romney dropped out. But Huckabee won in Kansas as well as Louisiana.

McCain and Huckabee were locked in a too-close-to-call race in the Washington caucuses.

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