Clinton wins Ky.; Obama claims milestone

LEXINGTON, Ky., May 20 (UPI) -- Hillary Clinton won the Kentucky Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, but Barack Obama claimed victory in winning the majority of state-by-state delegates.

Even though Clinton won the Blue Grass State by 35 percentage points, Obama said his share of the state's 51 delegates was enough put him over the threshold needed for the nomination.

Speaking to supporters in Iowa, Obama congratulated Clinton on her win, and looked back on his campaign.

"It was in this great state where we took the first steps of an unlikely journey to change America."

"The skeptics predicted we wouldn't get very far. The cynics dismissed us as a lot of hype and a little too much hope. And by the fall, the pundits in Washington had all but counted us out. But the people of Iowa had a different idea," he said.

CNN reported that Obama is expected to gain at least 14 delegates in Kentucky, giving the Illinois senator 1,627 of the 3,253 pledged delegates at stake in all of the state primaries and caucuses.

Neither candidate is expected to reach the 2,026 delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination, so the party's superdelegates will chose the nominee at the Democratic National Convention in August.