Ohio's leading Democrats split over Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama before the presidential primary. The state's rank-and-file Democrats followed suit as the expensive and divisive race concluded.

A story from the AP says, Clinton won Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary in a much-needed victory that slowed Obama's momentum while still leaving him with the edge in delegates nationally. She also won in Rhode Island and Texas, while Obama took Vermont.

U.S. Sen. John McCain clinched the GOP nomination with help from a win in Ohio.

In an expensive fight that repeatedly brought both candidates to the state, Obama and Clinton debated health care, the war in Iraq and trade, particularly NAFTA and who could do a better job renegotiating the agreement some blame for massive Ohio job losses.

Gov. Ted Strickland endorsed Clinton, while the big city mayors of Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus supported Obama.