Obama wins Maine caucuses

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama will win Sunday’s Democratic caucuses in Maine, sweeping the weekend’s presidential contests.

With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Obama was leading Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York 59 percent to 40 percent. At stake are 24 delegates to August’s Democratic national convention in Denver.

Obama’s projected victory follows a sweep in Saturday’s Louisiana primary and Democratic caucuses in Nebraska, Washington and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Those contests gave him a lead over Clinton in pledged delegates to the convention, but Clinton still held a narrow edge over Obama when “superdelegates” — elected officials and party leaders — are included in the tally, according to CNN estimates.

After Saturday’s results and a split decision in last week’s Super Tuesday contests, Clinton shook up her campaign Sunday by replacing campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle with longtime adviser Maggie Williams, her campaign announced Sunday.

-CNN.com