South Dakota and Montana Results

10:17 pm ET: Obama's speaking and he just declared himself the Democratic nominee. Nobody cares about Montana anymore but just for the record, he won there. Looks like it'll be by about 5%. So that's it. Fifty states later and we can finally finally move onto the general election. Phew.

10:00 pm ET: Polls close in Montana. Guess what? McCain has won South Dakota. But Ron Paul nabbed a more-than-a-little impressive 14% of the vote. Can't wait to see what headaches the Paulites cause at the GOP convention.

9:40 pm ET: MSNBC and some others calling SD for Hillary. So far it looks like she'll win by about 10%. Terry McAulliffe just told NPR that Clinton is ending the campaign with "a gigantic head of steam." That's one way to spin a loss I guess.

Montana polls still open for another 20 minutes. No results out of there yet.

9:05 pm ET: Polls closed in South Dakota. Still no numbers, but exit polls suggest Clinton will perform well in SD. She was leading among white men and women (which make up most of the state) and among older people. Obama, not surprisingly, has the edge among young voters. Drudge is reporting that the Clinton camp expects a big win in the Mt. Rushmore State, possibly by as much as 25%.

Obama is expected to win Montana, but by what margin is still a guess.

8:20 pm ET: No numbers yet.

Pretty amazing that here at the culmination of the primary process, there are only TWO states that won't have a real impact on deciding who the Democratic nominee is. But it's only fitting that the primaries in those two final states come on the biggest day of the Dem election season thus far. That means South Dakota and Montana got the attention of the candidates up to the very end... and will still get the attention of the nation tonight.

The polls close in South Dakota at 9 PM ET. There are 15 delegates at stake there. In Montana, where there are 16 delegates up for grabs, the polls shut down at 10 ET.

Obama is favored to win in Montana but SD could go either way. Obviously he doesn't need either win at this point, but victories in both states sure would give him an emphatic finish.

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