Editing Barbara Boxer (section)

===2008===
As a [[superdelegate]], Boxer had declared that she would support the winner of the [[2008 California Democratic primary|California primary]], which was won by [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref name="contest">{{cite news|title=Boxer Focuses on Unity |publisher=KCBS |date=May 10, 2008 |url=http://www.kcbs.com/pages/2162712.php? |access-date=January 29, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> However, she reneged on that pledge and remained neutral, only officially backing [[Barack Obama]]'s candidacy the day after the last primaries, once he had garnered enough delegate votes to clinch the nomination.<ref name="nomination">{{cite news |title=Another bloc of Senate supers for Obama |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0608/Another_bloc_of_Senate_supers_for_Obama.html |publisher=Politico |date=June 4, 2008 |access-date=January 29, 2009}}</ref>