▶ Watch Video: Kamala Harris clinches Democratic presidential nomination A majority of Democratic delegates has voted to.
A majority of Democratic delegates has voted to select Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee for president in a virtual roll call vote, her campaign and the Democratic Party said Friday, cementing her status at the top of the ticket heading into November.
The Democratic National Committee began the formal process for selecting the nominee on Thursday, when voting opened for the party’s more than 4,000 delegates to cast their ballots using an online form or over the phone. Harris needed to secure votes from 2,350 delegates to cross the threshold required for winning the nomination, the campaign said. The vote closes at 6 p.m. on Monday, when her nomination will become official.
“I am so proud to confirm that Vice President Harris has earned more than a majority of votes from all convention delegates and will be the nominee of the Democratic Party following the close of voting on Monday,” Jaime Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee, announced during a call with Harris’ campaign.
Harrison marked the historic nature of Harris clinching the nomination.
“Today, my friends, is special, because we can proudly say we will have the first woman of color at the top of a major party ticket,” he said.
Harris joined the call by phone and said she will officially accept the nomination after the voting period closes.
“I am honored to be the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States,” she said.
The vice president vowed to defeat former President Donald Trump in November and reiterated that her campaign is focused on the future.
“This campaign is about all of us coming together, people coming together from every walk of life, every lived experience and being fueled by our love of country, knowing that we are prepared to fight for the best of who we are,” she said.
Democrats swiftly coalesced around Harris as their candidate to take on Trump after President Biden announced less than two weeks ago his withdrawal from the presidential race.
