Barack Obama

Obama leads Wyoming Caucuses 58 percent to 41 percent for Hillary Clinton. Barack, the senator from Illinois, sought to grab the state's dozen delegates to increase his lead over Clinton.

With 2,025 delegates needed to win the Democratic Party's nomination, Hillary Clinton trails Barack Obama 1,520-1,424 in the nationwide race.

Wyoming voters turned out in large numbers at their presidential caucuses Saturday as early returns show Obama leading Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

Obama warmly received 58 percent of the caucus, Clinton trailing with 41 percent. Wyoming has about 500,000 residents and is home to 59,130 registered Democrats and 136,000 Republicans.

"We have never had this many people at a state convention, let alone a caucus!" Kathy Karpan, a former Wyoming secretary of state said.

Obama, the senator from Illinois, sought to grab the state's dozen delegates to increase his lead over Clinton, the senator from New York.

The tight race has thrust Wyoming Democrats into the national spotlight, attention they had not enjoyed since the state's delegates gave John F. Kennedy the delegates he needed for the 1960 Democratic nomination.