Barack Obama Wins North Carolina, Hillary Clinton squeaks by in Indiana
But the racial divide was clear - Obama took more than 91% of the black vote in both states, while Clinton won an estimated 60% of whites.
Most experts still believe the contest will come down to the party's undecided superdelegates - the 270 or so party leaders who have yet to back a candidate but could push either over the top.
For the former First Lady, the stakes could not have been higher in Indiana and North Carolina. She began the day needing to win the remaining contests by margins averaging around 70% to 30% - plus most of the superdelegates - to overtake Obama in delegates. Tuesday night's results make her challenge even more daunting.
With Obama getting closer to the 2,024 delegate votes needed to win, Clinton also opened a new front, arguing that the goalposts should be moved to 2,208 votes - with now-disqualified Michigan and Florida counted.
Democratic leaders have refused to count results in those two states after both scheduled primaries ahead of the Democratic National Committee's Feb. 5 deadline. Clinton won both contests, but Obama's name wasn't even on the ballot in Michigan.
"I am running to be the President of all of America - North, South, East and West," she said Tuesday night. "That's why it is so important that we count the votes of Florida and Michigan."
With Michael McAuliff and Michael Saul
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