SACRAMENTO — California Democrats on Sunday will name their final 134 delegates, rounding out the country's largest contingent to the party's national convention this summer.

Usually a little-noticed affair for party insiders, the last step of the state Democratic Party's complex selection process takes on added interest this year because of the intense contest for the presidential nomination between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.

But with the race increasingly shifting in Obama's favor, it is expected to include little drama.

The selection meeting comes just days after Obama won the much-sought endorsement of former candidate John Edwards, a sign of momentum for the Illinois senator. Obama also continues to collect pledges from party superdelegates.

"I think what you'll see on Sunday is a new reality, with only five elections left," said Bob Mulholland, an uncommitted superdelegate and campaign adviser with the California Democratic Party.

The nominating contest ends June 3.

Clinton won California's Feb. 5 presidential primary with 52 percent of the vote, entitling her to 204 of the state's 370 delegates. Obama is slowly adding to his support here from among the state's 66 named superdelegates, the elected officials and party leaders who can vote for whichever candidate they want.

The five remaining superdelegates will be named Sunday, bringing California's total to 71.

Clinton leads the state's superdelegate count, with 31 committed to her, compared to Obama's 21, according to a survey by The Associated Press.

California Democratic Party Chairman Art Torres has said he would apportion the remaining five superdelegates on Sunday based on the results of the state's primary vote — naming three Clinton supporters and two for Obama.

That leaves 12 California superdelegates who are undecided or say they plan to wait until after the primary season ends in 2 weeks. Two others are party officials who are prohibited from publicly endorsing a candidate.

The superdelegates have been lobbied intensely by both campaigns the past few months. Some Democratic Party leaders, fearful that the prolonged contest might damage the eventual nominee's chances in November, have urged the unannounced superdelegates to make their intentions known.

"This idea that people are hurting each other, I don't agree," state Sen. Carole Migden, a superdelegate from San Francisco, told the AP in a recent interview.

"We create a contest, and then people compete and come close. We get exercised about it or uncomfortable, but that is part of the vetting process in establishing who the leader of the world is going to be."

Five primaries remain on the Democratic calendar, beginning next week in Kentucky and Oregon, then moving to Puerto Rico on June 1 and Montana and South Dakota two days later.

Obama's overall delegate total climbed to 1,904 on Friday, according to The Associated Press count. Clinton has 1,719 delegates. It takes 2,026 to clinch the nomination.

To superdelegate Rosalind Wyman, a Clinton supporter, the prolonged primary isn't a concern.

"In the old days, you had roll calls at the convention and it didn't end the world," said Wyman, a member of the Democratic National Committee who has attended every convention except one since 1952.

She said she will not change her vote to tip the balance further toward Obama. "I pledged to Clinton; that's my word," Wyman said. "I also feel I'm supporting the state of California, which went for Clinton."

Clinton supporter Andre Swanson, a state assemblyman from Alameda, is among the 1,300 Californians who have applied to attend the national party convention in Denver. Like Wyman, he said Clinton should remain in the race until all the votes are counted, including the superdelegates.

"I agree with Senator Clinton. We've gone this far, we need to let the process conclude," Swanson said. "Then I think we need to come together and select a nominee."

Aside from the five California superdelegates to be named Sunday, 129 of the state's 370 pledged delegates will be awarded based on the results of the February election: 70 will be selected for Clinton and 59 for Obama.