Obama and Romney win Minnesota

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St. Catherine's student Sirri Ngwa, a recently naturalized American citizen, will be voting in her first election. She made her choice obvious at the caucuses at Ramsey Junior High in St. Paul.
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Barack Obama rode his appeal to younger voters to victory in Minnesota's caucuses, swamping Hillary Clinton in a Super Tuesday win built on strong support in the state's college towns.

But Clinton could still lay claim to a share of the state's 72 national convention delegates.

On the Republican side, Mitt Romney led John McCain, 38 percent to 23 percent, in early returns.

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