CRISSA NELSON | editor-in-chief
If you voiced your vote last Tuesday, the candidates listened and delegates answered. Feb. 5 marked a significant advance in the race for victory and occupation of the White House.
With 24 state primary elections, Super Tuesday was a crucial day in the election race with many delegates up for grabs.
But only Arizona state senator John McCain came away with a significant lead. McCain picked up speed and swept the nation from coast-to-coast, winning double the delegates of Mitt Romney and three times that of Mike Huckabee. They gave him a total of 52 percent of the delegates needed for the Republican Party’s nomination, and significantly padded his lead.
While Super Tuesday left the Republicans with a clear vision of who will be crossing the finish line first, McCain’s opponent still remains unclear.
Clinton and Obama have continued to battle for the lead throughout the primary election season and after a long dash on Tuesday, they remain neck and neck. Although Obama won 13 of the 24 states that held their primary elections on Super Tuesday, he lost two critical states awarding the greatest advantage, California and New York. Clinton came away on Tuesday with only eight states but pulled into the lead with 41 percent of the delegates needed for the Democratic nomination, forcing Obama to lag closely behind with 36 percent.
But there’s no calling a winner yet.
Now the focus is on Virgina, Maryland and Washington D.C., holding their primary elections next Tuesday and Louisiana and Washington State next Saturday. 
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