Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama addresses a crowd of cheering supporters in Minnesota Tuesday after U.S. media projected he had won enough delegates to secure the party's nomination. (Chris Carlson/Associated Press)
"Our primary season has finally come to an end," Obama told a charged crowd of supporters in Minnesota on Tuesday evening. "Because of you, tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States."
The Illinois senator, who was also the projected winner of Tuesday's state primary in Montana, appears set to become the first African-American to be named a major party's presidential nominee when the Democrats formally select their candidate at the national convention in Denver in August.
Obama also offered praise for Clinton, saying she has "an unyielding desire to improve the lives of ordinary Americans, no matter how difficult the fight may be."
"Senator Hillary Clinton has made history in this campaign not just because she's a woman who has done what no woman has done before, but because she's a leader who inspires millions of Americans with her strength, her courage, and her commitment to the causes that brought us here tonight," he said.
Speaking to supporters in New York earlier in the evening, Clinton stopped short of withdrawing from her bid to become the country's first female president. But the New York senator said she's committed to uniting the Democratic Party to retake the White House in November.
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