Hillary Clinton takes Pennsylvania primary, and Allegheny County, too

Allegheny County vote tallies mirrored the state numbers in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary, with 54 percent of Democrats choosing Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York.

With all of the county's 1,321 precincts reporting, Clinton had 169,073 votes, and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois received 141,596 votes, or 45 percent.

On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain of Arizona received 42,379 votes, or 72 percent. McCain clinched the Republican nomination before ever setting foot in Pennsylvania. Still, Republican candidate Ron Paul received 9,264 votes, or nearly 16 percent, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who dropped out of the race in March, received 5,128 votes, or nearly 9 percent.

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Beside the early endorsement of Gov. Ed Rendell, Clinton had received several key local endorsements, including Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.

Statewide, Clinton won the primary with 1,235,067 votes, or 54 percent, compared to Obama's 1,041,366 votes, or about 46 percent. McCain received 564,507 votes among Republicans, or about 73 percent.

Nearly 56 percent of Democrats turned out to vote Tuesday in Allegheny County, compared with 24 percent turnout by Republicans.