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Bernie Sanders may be facing tough odds on the national front, but the Democratic presidential candidate has scored a win in Nebraska.

One of the state’s five Democratic superdelegates announced Thursday that she would back Sanders.

Maureen Monahan, who is the first associate chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, said she decided to support Sanders because he has brought “thousands of new people” into the party. She said those voters need to be acknowledged by party leaders.

Three other Nebraska superdelegates have thrown their support behind Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton: Rep. Brad Ashford of Omaha, Democratic National Committeewoman Patty Zieg and Democratic National Committeeman Ron Kaminski.

A fifth superdelegate, State Party Chairman Vince Powers, remains undecided.

Superdelegates are Democratic Party leaders who are free to support any presidential candidate. In comparison, pledged delegates are divvied up based upon a candidate’s showing in a state’s caucus or primary.

In March, Sanders won Nebraska’s Democratic caucuses, earning 15 pledged delegates. Clinton took 10 pledged delegates.