Reno City Councilman Oscar Delgado is endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden for president.

Delgado named Biden as his pick for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in a Thursday statement that praised the longtime poll front-runner’s commitment to “expanding health care access, investing in education, and restoring the soul of our nation.”

“He also has a proven track record of being able to bring together broad coalitions of voters, which is critical to winning the White House in 2020,” Delgado said in a statement released by Biden’s campaign. “I am prepared to do my part in helping Joe Biden win the Nevada caucus in February and defeat Donald Trump in November.”

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Delgado, who also works for the Community Health Alliance and as an adjunct professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, counts as one of Biden’s most visible backers in Northern Nevada.

The former U.S. senator from Delaware in July secured support from Assemblywoman Susie Martinez, Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod and Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo, all Las Vegas Democrats.

Biden has also scored support from former U.S. Reps. Shelley Berkley and Jim Bilbray, both of Las Vegas.

Nevada state Sen. Yvanna Cancela, the influential former political director of the powerful casino workers’ Culinary Union, endorsed Biden the day he declared his candidacy.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

James DeHaven is the politics reporter for the Reno Gazette Journal. He covers campaigns, the Nevada Legislature and everything in between. Support his work by subscribing to RGJ.com right here.