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Obama wins Democratic nomination: Barack Obama clinched victory Tuesday night in the Democratic presidential race, defeating Hillary Clinton after a marathon primary campaign and becoming the first black nominee for the White House in American history. Mr. Obama, a 46-year-old rookie senator from Illinois, effectively wrapped up the nomination following a surge of endorsements from Democratic superdelegates and after receiving a clutch of ‘pledged delegates' awarded after two final primaries in South Dakota and Montana. "Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States," Mr. Obama told supporters in St. Paul, Minn.