Clinton wins Pennsylvania primary

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Hillary Rodham Clinton scored a decisive victory in the Pennsylvania primary Tuesday night, defeating Democratic rival Barack Obama by almost 10 points.

Clinton was winning just under 54.3 percent of the vote to 45.8 percent for Obama with 99 percent of precincts reporting.

Clinton gave a victory speech for supporters at a rally in Philadelphia. "Some counted me out and said to drop out," she said to a round of boos from the crowd. "But the American people don't quit. And they deserve a president who doesn't quit, either."

Clinton asked her supporters to help fund her cash-strapped campaign. “We can only keep winning if we keep competing with an opponent who has outspent us massively,” she said.

Obama congratulated Clinton on her victory in a speech to his supporters. “She ran a terrific race,” he said.

The Senator from Illinois said his campaign had defied expectations in Pennsylvania, keeping the results closer than polls had been predicting last month.

Obama, who had already moved on to Evansville, Indiana, didn’t dwell on the Pennsylvania contest in his speech. Instead he focused on the upcoming Indiana primary and took the opportunity to throw some jabs at Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee.