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How likely is a Democratic contested convention?

By Jason Russell

Published May 11, 2016 9:35pm ET

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How likely is a Democratic contested convention? — The further Clinton is from 2,383 without superdelegates, the more likely it is Sanders would contest the convention. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) | Rich Pedroncelli

With his win in West Virginia Tuesday and collection of 18 delegates, Bernie Sanders seemed to slow down the inevitable: Hillary Clinton becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

With 2,240 delegates, Clinton is now 94 percent of the way to clinching the nomination. But Sanders has repeatedly said he will contest the convention if Clinton fails to get to a majority of all delegates without the use of superdelegates.

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