Democrats
To win the Democratic Party nomination a candidate must have 2,025 delegates. The Democratic National Convention will be held August 25-28, 2008 in Denver, Colorado.
Candidates	Delegates*
Barack Obama	1,884
Hillary Clinton	1,718
John Edwards Withdrew	20

Republicans
To win the Republican Party nomination a candidate must have 1,191 delegates. The Republican National Convention will be held September 1-4, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Candidates	Delegates*
John McCain	1,418
Mike Huckabee Withdrew	275
Mitt Romney Withdrew	255

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