Vice President Harris passed the threshold needed to become the Democratic nominee for president in a virtual roll call vote on Friday.
“I am honored to be the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States, and I will tell you that the tireless work of our delegates, our state leaders and our staff has been instrumental in making this moment possible,” Harris said Friday, when she crossed the threshold, adding that she will officially accept the nomination next week once the virtual voting period closes.
The vice president secured the number of votes needed for the nomination less than two weeks since declaring her intention to run for the top spot on the 2024 ticket after President Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed her. Within days, she secured the support of enough delegates to secure the nomination.
The Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) virtual roll call vote began at 9 a.m. Thursday, and Harris ran for the nomination unopposed. DNC Chairman Jamie Harrison announced Friday that Harris had secured the nomination, which required 2,350 votes.
“As chairman of this great party, as chairman of this party that is built on hope, I am very proud to confirm that Vice President Harris received more than a majority of the votes of all convention delegates and will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. after voting closes on Monday,” he said.
“Just one day after we started voting, the vice president has surpassed the majority threshold and will officially be our nominee next week, guys, that’s excellent,” he added.
She won 3,923 delegates on Tuesday when the DNC announced that Harris was the only candidate to win enough delegates to qualify for the virtual call.
She is the official nominee weeks before the start of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 19. And she is expected to name her running mate in the coming days, before traveling with her pick to seven swing states next week, starting with a stop in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
The decision to hold a virtual roll call vote before the convention stems from plans initially made to ensure Biden appeared on the ballot in Ohio, which had a deadline to certify the party’s presidential nominee before the convention. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) has since extended the key deadline in his state.
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