Oregon and Kentucky vote Tuesday, and Clinton pushes for a win


Kentucky and Oregon are holding primaries on Tuesday, and Hillary Clinton has been campaigning in Kentucky for the past two days, fighting hard for a win to build up momentum going into the final contests against Bernie Sanders. She already has a wide lead in pledged delegates. A recent poll of Oregon, with 61 Democratic delegates at stake, put Clinton ahead, but her campaign seems to have decided that Kentucky, with 55 delegates, is a better bet. Sanders won the caucuses in Oregon's neighbors Washington State and Idaho, and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) is the sole senator to have endorsed Sanders. Oregon votes entirely by mail, and turnout is high so far. Oregon Republicans are voting in their own primary.
"I'm excited about the primary tomorrow, but we've got to turn a lot of people out," Clinton said at the Lone Oak Little Castle restaurant in Paducah, Kentucky. You can watch some of her remarks from Clinton's Kentucky swing below. Peter Weber
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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