The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harrishas surpassed the threshold to secure the Democratic presidential nomination in a vote of party delegates.
Speaking by phone, Ms Harris said she was “honoured to be the presumptive nominee” as the virtual roll call continues ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago later this month.
Ms. Harris is the first Black woman and the first South Asian woman to become the White House standard-bearer for a major American political party.
Kamala Harris would be the first female president of the United States.
If she defeats Republican candidate Donald Trump in November, she will become the first female president of the United States.
She ran unopposed in the virtual vote after President Joe Biden stepped aside last month and quickly endorsed her. Several potential rivals followed suit.
On Friday afternoon, Ms. Harris formally became the nominee after securing the support of 2,350 delegates, the threshold needed to secure the nomination.
“We believe in the promise of America and that’s what this campaign is all about,” he said in brief remarks by telephone after crossing the finish line.
“We are in this, we are on the path and it will not be easy, but we will achieve it.”
In total, Democrats have said 3,923 delegates, or 99% of those participating, plan to vote for her.
Attendance counting began on Thursday and will end on Monday.
Presidential and vice presidential candidates are typically anointed at their party conventions, but the relatively late date of the 2024 Democratic National Convention risks running afoul of state ballot access laws.
Ms. Harris, 59, was born in Oakland, California, and is the first Democratic nominee in the party’s nearly 200-year history to come from a Western state.
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2024-08-04 16:32:56
