US Vice President Kamala Harris obtained this Friday, August 2, the delegate votes necessary to mathematically become the the Democratic Party candidate for the presidential elections on November 5.
Harris crossed the threshold of 100 on this day. 1,976 delegates needed to be confirmed as the Democratic Party’s nominee, although the virtual voting of delegates will not officially end until Monday.
“I am proud to confirm that Vice President Harris “has secured a supermajority of convention delegate votes and will be the Democratic nominee after voting closes on Monday,” Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Jaime Harrison said in an internal call from the party.
Kamala Harris ‘honored’ to replace President Joe Biden
Kamala Harris appeared immediately afterward to thank the confidence that the party has put in it and assures that she feels “honored” to have been chosen to replace the president, Democrat Joe Biden, in the presidential race, after she gave up re-election just two and a half weeks ago due to her disastrous role in the debate with Republican Donald Trump.
“It is an honor for me to be the Democratic candidate for President of the United States. “I will officially accept the nomination next week,” Harris said.
In a lightning-fast process, Biden gave his support to Harris and in successive virtual meetings the delegates who had been elected in the primary process and who had pledged their vote for the president began to declare their support for the vice president.
The DNC gave other candidates until Tuesday, but Harris was ultimately the only contender for the Democratic nomination and was therefore guaranteed her nomination, which will be made official on Monday and will be staged at the Democratic National Convention that begins on the 19th in Chicago (Illinois).
Kamala Harris must now announce her vice presidential candidate, something that could to be known next week. Harris, 59, is the first black woman with Indian roots to be nominated for the US presidency.
