Yesterday's (Feb. 5) "Super Tuesday" contests helped push Republican candidate John McCain closer to clinching his party's nomination. Meanwhile, the Democratic race proved tighter than ever, with Barack Obama winning favor in more states than Hillary Clinton, who in turn outnumbered the Illinois Senator in terms of delegates.

According to The Associated Press, the historic race between Clinton and Obama resulted in record voter turnout in several states.

In all, Sen. Obama won thirteen Super Tuesday states (Connecticut, Georgia, Alabama, Delaware, Utah, Illinois, North Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas, Idaho, Alaska, Colorado and Missouri), while Clinton grabbed eight (New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arizona, Arkansas) plus American Samoa; however Clinton's delegate count reached 845, bringing her closer to the 2,025 delegates needed to capture the Democratic nomination, compared to Obama's 765.

Towards the end of the night, Obama addressed a rally in Chicago. "Our time has come," he said. "Our movement is real. And change is coming to America."

Senator Clinton also spoke to her supporters, telling them "I look forward to continuing our campaign and our debate about how to leave this country better off for the next generation."

Race and sex continued to play out in Democratic primary results, with Clinton holding a slight advantage among women and whites, as well as Hispanic voters, who factored greatly in her California primary win, while Obama's popularity with black voters helped his victories in Georgia and Alabama.

Both Democratic candidates have won favor from the hip-hop community.

In contrast, the Republican primary race only confirmed McCain's dominance. The Arizona senator won 613 delegates while rival Mitt Romney picked up 269 delegates and former governor Mike Huckabee trailed with 190 delegates.

The Republican candidate must have 1,191 to win the party's nomination.

Primaries will be held Saturday (Feb. 9) in Louisiana and Washington state for both parties, and in Nebraska for Democrats and in Kansas for Republicans. Another 168 delegates are up for grabs next Tuesday (Feb 12) in Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C.

Stay tuned to for future primary and caucus results.