Vice President Kamala Harris secured enough delegate support Monday to clinch the Democratic nomination for president, according to a news report by the New York Times.
A vote must still be held before she’s declared the party’s nominee, according to a survey.
A tally of Democratic delegates supporting the 59-year-old vice president, conducted by the Associated Press, found Harris was backed by at least 2,214 delegates.
Harris, who received President Biden's endorsement to lead the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket shortly after his withdrawal announcement on Sunday, requires the backing of at least 1,976 delegates to secure the nomination.
The former senator from California, however, is not yet the party’s presumptive nominee for president despite exceeding the crucial delegate threshold.
Democratic delegates can still choose to vote for any candidate at the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Chicago or during a virtual roll call that was originally scheduled to occur by Aug. 7, before Biden made his announcement.
Harris said in a statement on Monday night, “I am proud to have secured the broad support needed to become our party’s nominee, and as a daughter of California, I am proud that my home state’s delegation helped put our campaign over the top.”
It’s unclear if the Democratic National Committee still plans to move forward with a virtual nomination, which was announced in May as means to ensure Biden would meet a ballot access deadline in Ohio, the earliest in the country.
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The Ohio legislature passed a bill in late May that extended the state’s deadline from Aug. 7 to Sept. 1, but some Democrats fear that Republicans could challenge the new date and keep the Democratic nominee off the ballot in the Buckeye State.
The majority of Democrats swiftly united in support of Harris as the leader of the Democratic ticket for the November election, aiming to avoid internal party conflicts.
“Vice President Kamala Harris is off to a great start with her promise to pursue the presidential nomination in a manner consistent with the grassroots and transparent process set forth by the Democratic National Committee,” the Democratic leaders said in a joint statement.
Harris has also yet to receive Barack Obama’s stamp of approval, with the former president saying that he was leaving the Democrats’ pick to “the leaders of our party” who “will be able to create a process from which an outstanding nominee emerges.”
If Harris is formally selected as the Democratic nominee, she will soon have to tap a running mate to hit the campaign trail with.
Those who are potential VP choices include -
Govs. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Gavin Newsom of California, JB Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
On Sunday, the Biden campaign made an official announcement that it would now be known as "Harris for President," indicating that the vice president is poised to receive the 81-year-old president's $240 million campaign funds and over 1,000 staff members.
In the first 24 hours following Biden's endorsement, Harris' campaign announced that she had raised $81 million in campaign donations from over 888,000 donors, marking a new presidential fundraising record.
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