Senator Barack Obama won his 12th contest in a row taking the state of Vermont’s election today, exit polls show.

Estimates show Obama winning 58% to 40% as the numbers continue to come in. John McCain won the Republican primary race against Mike Huckabee in both Vermont and Ohio.

The voting in the large delegate states of Texas and Ohio are still too tight to call. Separately, Rhode Island, where Senator Hillary Clinton had a lead in the day leading to the vote, also is still too close to call.

Clinton needs big wins in both Texas and Ohio to prevent super delegates from abandoning her campaign. Obama has now won 27 states compared to Clinton’s 11. He leads in the total delegates count 1,386 to Clinton’s 1,276.

Clinton was ahead in the super delegates count by 105 the beginning of February; Obama has shaved that led to only 38 and could overtake Clinton in the next two weeks.

McCain is expected to gain enough victories to wrap up the Republican nomination tonight, adding pressure on Clinton to concede to the Democrats can start rallying behind a standardbearer for the party. Super delegates also lean towards whom they think can win the White House; the latest polls show that Obama has a better chance of defeating McCain. Scores of super delegates may declare allegiances tomorrow.

Two weeks ago, Bill Clinton said the race was over if senator Clinton fails to win both Texas and Ohio.

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