Obama Declares Victory In Texas

Via TPM:

With more than 56% of the results tallied from today's 284 Democratic district conventions across Texas, Senator Barack Obama currently is projected to earn a 38-29 pledged delegate win in the Texas caucuses, exactly as projected on the day after the March 4th precinct caucuses. The nine delegate margin in the caucuses means Obama will gain a net margin of five pledged delegates from Texas because Senator Clinton narrowly won the Texas primary by only four delegates, 65-61.

"Despite the Clinton campaign's widespread attempts to prevent many Texans from participating in their district convention, the voters of Texas confirmed Senator Obama's important delegate win in the Lone Star State," said Obama spokesman Josh Earnest. "Today's record-shattering turnout sends a clear message that the American people are ready for change in Washington and new leadership in the White House that will stand up for working families."

The Obama campaign will release a more detailed tally of the results tomorrow.

Now let's see how long it takes for the media to catch onto the fact that Obama won Texas.  

This serves to underscore that just about everything that's happened since March 4th has been a net gain for Obama.   And besides being good news for the Obama camp, given the huge turnout in the primary and the caucuses, a reinvigorated Texas Democratic party in Texas is going to be good for Democrats there at all levels.

Update:  For more in-depth numbers, see the Burnt Orange Report.