ALBUQUERQUE — Hillary Rodham Clinton finally won the popular vote in New Mexico’s Democratic caucus and picked up one extra delegate Thursday, nine days after Super Tuesday voting ended.
State Democratic chairman Brian Colon made the announcement after a marathon hand count of 17,000 provisional ballots that had to be given to voters on Feb. 5 because of long lines and a shortage of ballots.
The final statewide count gave Clinton a 1,709-vote edge over rival Barack Obama, with 73,105 votes to his 71,396.
The former first lady’s victory in the popular vote swung the final unallocated New Mexico delegate into her column, which gave Clinton 14 delegates in the state and Obama 12.
The national pledged delegate and superdelegate count stood at 1,276 for Obama and 1,220 for Clinton on Thursday.
