By Matt Canham The Salt Lake Tribune 04/10/2008Utah Democratic Party Chairman Wayne Holland formally endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president on Thursday. Holland's announcement gives Obama one more coveted superdelegate as he continues to compete with New York Sen. Hillary Clinton for the nomination.
Holland is one of six Utah superdelegates who can decide whom to support for the Democratic nominee regardless of the results of the state primary. But in explaining his decision, Holland leaned heavily on Obama's big win in Utah's Feb. 5 vote.
"Sen. Obama has helped to energize our state party," Holland said in a statement. "While we are blessed at having two exceptional candidates, Obama was clearly the choice of Utah Democrats."
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