By Marshall Griffin, KWMU
Jefferson City, MO – Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will evenly split most of Missouri's Democratic presidential delegates following Tuesday's primary, taking 36 each.
72 of Missouri's 88 delegates were up for grabs in the Democratic primary held on February 5th.
Delegates are awarded based on two factors: Overall statewide performance, and performance in Missouri's nine Congressional districts.
State Party Chairman John Temporiti says Obama won the statewide performance-based delegates by a 13 to 12 margin.
"But if you go into those Congressional districts, it breaks the other way (for Clinton), 24 to 23, (which equals) 36-36 each, both Obama and Clinton," Temporiti said.
There are also 16 super-delegates whose choices won't be revealed until the national convention in August.
"The majority of them actually have made up their minds, and at least have come out and pledged to one or the other, and amazingly it's again almost even...there's about four that are yet uncommitted, including me," Temporiti said.
Temporiti won't commit to Obama or Clinton until the convention, because he says he has to properly broker both candidates.
The results of Missouri's primaries haven't been certified yet, but Temporiti doesn't expect there to be any significant changes.