Democrat Barack Obama extended his winning streak over presidential rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, decisively winning the state of Virginia to build momentum in a hard-fought U.S. nominating race. Virginia was one of three battlegrounds in the U.S. capital region on Tuesday, along with Maryland and the District of Columbia, and Obama was projected to roll to another easy win following five consecutive victories over the weekend.
Republican front-runner John McCain and his last major challenger, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, were running neck-and-neck in very early returns in Virginia as McCain tried to move closer to clinching the party's nomination for the November election.
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