McCain Takes Wisconsin; Obama Beating Clinton

Polling Map: Republican Candidate Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee Protests Washington Republican Party's Calling Race for McCain

SEATTLE TIMES reports:

Huckabee's campaign took issue with Washington state Republican Party Chairman Luke Esser's decision to call the race Saturday night with 87 percent of the precincts counted.

At that point, McCain was ahead of Huckabee by 242 delegates out of the 13,000 counted, Esser said. The Huckabee campaign contends there were another 1,500 or so delegates not counted.

In the face of the Huckabee protest, the state Republican Party quickly resumed its count Sunday, a bit sooner than it had planned.

In a news release, Huckabee's campaign said there were "obvious irregularities" in the state's Republican caucuses and that it is sending lawyers to explore "all available legal options regarding the dubious final results."

Mike Huckabee and John McCain in Close Race in Virginia

CNN reports that as of 8 pm, Mike Huckabee is leading in Virginia by a slim margin!
At just 4 minutes later, McCain and Huckabee are in a dead heat, tied at 46%.

Exit Polls in Virginia

Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, had a couple of supporters too, like Sharon Webb, a homemaker and former military careerwoman.

“His values are in line with mine,” said Ms. Webb, a Hispanic woman. “I don’t think McCain has the same values as me on immigration.”

Ken Kessler, 68, an Army veteran and an engineer was a Mitt Romney fan until he dropped out of the race last week. He said he voted for Mr. Huckabee because “I’m conservative, and he’s the best I could do.”

Despite the Tough Talk

On the Republican side, Mr. McCain hit a unsettling bump in the road to his near-certain nomination. The victories by Mr. Huckabee, a populist ordained Southern Baptist minister, raised questions about Mr. McCain's ability to bring religious conservative voters to his side for the general election. Turnout was low among Republicans, and many of those who did show up were party-faithful religious conservatives. The wins give Mr. Huckabee renewed energy going into Tuesday's primaries, which had been seen to favor Mr. McCain.

With 100% of precincts reporting, Mr. Huckabee won the Kansas caucus with 60% of the vote to Mr. McCain's 20%. Texas congressman Ron Paul received 11%. In Louisiana, the vote was tight. Mr. Huckabee had 43% to Mr. McCain's 42%, with 99% reporting.

"It was an important victory, especially after the pundits spent the past few days saying this campaign is over," said Huckabee campaign manager Chip Saltsman after the victory in Kansas. Despite the tough talk, it's mathematically unlikely that Mr. Huckabee could catch Mr. McCain. After Mr. Huckabee's Kansas win he had a total of 234 delegates, compared with Mr. McCain's 719, according to the Associated Press. A candidate needs 1,191 delegates to secure the Republican nomination.

Barack and Mike Take States in Saturday's Primaries

Barack Obama beat Hillary Rodham Clinton in contests in Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington, while Mike Huckabee embarrassed John McCain with wins in Kansas and Louisiana.

'What A Day! We Won'

Mike Huckabee emails,

What a day! Thanks to the hard and tireless work of tens of thousands of supporters nationwide we scored terrific victories last night. You made calls, you sent emails, you wrote letters and waved signs and because of you we won: West Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia and we came oh so very close in Missouri and Oklahoma.

Let’s celebrate a bit this morning, but we must now quickly shift our focus to the next states casting votes: Louisiana, Washington, Kansas, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Our campaign is already competitive in each of these states but we need to drive our momentum there and begin contacting voters immediately. Kansas, Louisiana and Washington all cast votes on Saturday and The "Chesapeake Primary" (DC, MD and VA) is next Tuesday.

Mike Huckabee Wins Arkansas as Does Hillary Clinton

Former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee is projected winner of Arkansas Republican primary while former first lady, Hillary Clinton is projected to take the Arkansas Democratic primary.

McCain, Huckabee, Romney In That Order in Georgia

At 7:40 pm, in Georgia the three Republican candidates are running neck 'n neck. McCain 36%, Huckabee 31%, and Romney in third...

Obama and Huckabee in Florida

Fifteen minutes before the polls close in Florida, Mike Huckabee has taken 13% of the Republican vote while Barack Obama has taken 29% of the Democratic vote.