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Delegate haul gives Kamala Harris clear path to Democratic presidential nomination
- Riding a wave of momentum, the US vice-president appears poised to fight an election that would propel her into the history books
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US Vice-President Kamala Harris appeared poised to clinch her party’s presidential nomination after receiving support from enough Democratic delegates, as she launched a blistering campaign against Donald Trump.
The formal nomination process for a US presidential candidate occurs when delegates from across the United States gather to officially anoint a nominee chosen by voters during the primaries.
But when President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday, the fate of those delegates, who had been slated to vote for him, came into question.
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With the support of a slew of Democratic heavyweights, including Biden himself, and massive voter donations, Harris quickly closed in as the Democratic Party’s heir apparent, and delegates began falling in line to pledge their support.
“Tonight, I am proud to have secured the broad support needed to become our party’s nominee,” Harris wrote in a statement, after US media reported she had sailed past the number of delegates needed – 1,976 out of nearly 4,000 – to decisively secure the Democratic presidential nomination during voting in the coming weeks.
I am proud to have secured the broad support needed to become our party’s nominee
The news came after Harris, in her first speech to campaign workers since Biden’s announcement, lashed out at Republican nominee Trump on Monday at campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.
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