Of course, as had been decided long ago in the primaries, Barack Obama won the formal vote. The unanimous support for him by the convention was actually moved by his main opponent in the primaries, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.

That happened before Utah was able to announce formally from the floor its votes, but they were cast in writing earlier in the day and will be formally counted for the record.

Delegation chairman Wayne Holland said Utah delegates cast nine votes for Clinton, and 19 for Obama. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, did not cast a "superdelegate" vote to which he was entitled, choosing instead to skip the convention to campaign at home and help a son enter the fourth grade.

All of Utah's Clinton delegates chose to vote for her, even though she had released delegates to vote as they choose earlier in the day.

• The full text of Pazell's speech:

Fellow Democrats, delegates and friends. My name is Apollo Pazell and I represent the great state of Utah. I am a proud son, grandson and great-grandson. A proud representative of the 723 voters of the great mining town of Copperton. A proud Democrat and a proud supporter of Hillary Clinton.

I am equally proud to be here as the third-youngest delegate and a representative of the many young voters who were galvanized to action by Hillary. I am here because my great-grandmother Kathryn is a breast cancer survivor who lost her health coverage when her husband died last year. She's 89 years old and is currently living at home with hospice care because she cannot afford an assisted-living facility on Medicare.

I am here because I see our broken health care system through her experience, an experience shared by too many people, and I believe with all my heart that we can and must achieve health care for all-as Hillary says —"No excuses, no exceptions, no one left out!"

That's why I supported Hillary Clinton, an expert and champion on health care, a leader who we know never gives in and never gives up. Today, I proudly second the nomination of Hillary Clinton on behalf of my two great-grandmothers, Theresa and Kathryn, both Utah residents, and both born before women had the right to vote. I am proud to be one of the 18 million standing for Hillary.

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