U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords announced her support for Sen. Barack Obama moments after the Illinois senator became the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president.

Giffords, a freshman Democrat, had been an uncommitted superdelegate who held off on an endorsement until all the votes were cast.

Arizona Democratic Party chairman Don Bivens also announced his endorsement of Obama as national news organizations projected Obama would have the 2,118 delegates needed for nomination at the party’s convention in August.

Giffords represents a congressional district carried by New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who also won the state of Arizona on Feb. 5.

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