Clinton’s lead grows in New Mexico

With Chaves and De Baca counties’ votes being counted, Hillary Clinton’s lead in New Mexico is growing.

Clinton now has 5,668 votes, or 53 percent, to Barack Obama’s 5,090 votes, or 47 percent. The results from eight counties and absentee ballots have been counted.

But Las Cruces, Albuquerque and Santa Fe haven’t been counted. Look for Obama to gain some ground when totals from those areas are included.

A note: A small percentage of the vote is going to other candidates who appeared on the ballot but are no longer in the race. I’m simply not including them, at this stage, when I calculate percentages, but I will report them in the final results. That will lower the percentages of the vote for Clinton and Obama by a couple of points each.

Another note: We have declared winners in contests across the nation with the exception of New Mexico Democrats and Alaska Republicans. I’m betting the Alaska GOP will get its final count before the New Mexico Democrats.