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Two states and one district held caucuses or primary elections in the Potomac primary, 2008. Purple represents
contests for both parties (3).
The Potomac primary (named after the river which splits the region),[1] also called Chesapeake Tuesday,[2] the Beltway primary, and the Crabcake primary,[3] was the confluence of three Democratic presidential primaries and three Republican presidential primaries which took place on February 12, 2008.
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The results on both sides were fairly unsurprising according to opinion poling, with both John McCain and Barack Obama winning by substantial margins. For Obama, however, the race has been significant as a major source of delegates in the close Democratic race, with him garnering a net gain of 50 delegates.
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