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In an email to his supporters preceding a lopsided win in Oregon and loss in Kentucky, Obama claimed a majority of the elected delegates and the Democratic nomination for President in 2008

"The polls are closed in Kentucky and votes are being counted in Oregon, and it's clear that tonight we have reached a major milestone on this journey. We have won an absolute majority of all the delegates chosen by the people in this Democratic primary process... Tonight, I want to thank you for everything you have done to take us this far -- farther than anyone predicted, expected, or even believed possible. And I want to remind you that you will make all the difference in the epic challenge ahead."