Clinton appeared on Sunday night at a fundraiser in Virginia

Results from Nebraska and Washington, with a combined 102 delegates at stake, were tallied, affording Obama victory, US media confirmed on Saturday.
 
Obama was winning nearly 70 per cent support in Nebraska on Saturday, compared to 31 per cent for Clinton, in caucuses with 24 delegates at stake.
 
He also had 67 per cent support in Washington state's caucuses, compared to 32 per cent for Clinton.
 
The Democratic party's race has been closely tied between the two nominees.

New York Senator Clinton and Illinois Senator Obama are about even in pledged delegates but well short of the 2,025 needed to win nomination.

Obama, who would be the first black US president, was the favourite in all three contests.

In Louisiana, he is expected to benefit from a high percentage of black voters, his strongest supporters.

Republican race

Among Republicans, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee won the presidential contest in Kansas, breathing life into a race frontrunner John McCain is predicted to win.

He captured about 60 per cent of the Kansas vote.

Huckabee says he is not quitting the presidential race [AFP]

Huckabee said during a conference of conservative activists that he would continue his shoestring presidential campaign, which has made inroads with social and religious conservatives.

"Am I quitting? Let's get that settled right now. No, I'm not," he said.

McCain, an Arizona senator, appears almost certain to win the nomination after his chief rival, Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, dropped out on Thursday.

Huckabee is now his only major opponent and is running a distant second.

McCain has gathered more than 700 of the 1,191 delegates needed to win the Republican nomination at this summer's nominating convention.

But McCain still faces widespread opposition from conservatives unhappy with his views on immigration, tax cuts and other issues.

The win for Huckabee followed a strong showing in the South earlier in the week, when the Baptist minister won four Southern states and West Virginia in Super Tuesday voting that involved nearly half of the American states.

"I did not major in math, but I majored in miracles, and I still believe in them," Huckabee said later at a rally at the University of Maryland.

Democratic race

Obama and Clinton both campaigned in Maine, which has a contest on Sunday, and will appear on Saturday night at a Virginia Democratic party fundraising dinner. Virginia votes on Tuesday.

During her stop in Maine, Clinton took aim at McCain and touted herself as the Democratic candidate with the experience to beat him in November.

"I can go toe-to-toe with Senator McCain on national security," she said.

Huckabee took a veiled swipe at Clinton at the conservative meeting, noting that in Arkansas, he was "the only person who's ever run against the Clinton political machine and beat it".

Clinton's husband, former US president Bill Clinton, preceded Huckabee as Arkansas governor.

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