Edwards campaign senior adviser Joe Trippi spoke with MSNBC and characterized the battle for second place with Hillary Clinton as "a strong night for us."

He said the votes for Edwards represented a repudiation of Washington, and that the race remains a "three-way dead heat."

"Clinton doesn't have a whole lot to talk about with this finish. We feel very good about where we are," Trippi said. "We got massively outspent here and held our own."

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