Vice President Kamala Harris says she’s “honored to be the presumptive Democratic nominee,” but she said she’ll formally accept the presidential nomination next week. Harris joined a campaign livestream on Friday after Democratic National Convention chairman Jaime Harrison said she’d reached enough delegate votes to become the nominee. Voting continues until Monday.
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- Vice President Kamala Harris says she’s “honored to be the presumptive Democratic nominee” and will formally accept the presidential nomination next week.
- Harris joined a campaign livestream on Friday after Democratic National Convention Chairman Jaime Harrison announced she’d reached enough delegate votes to become the nominee.
- The online voting process continues until Monday, but Harris’ campaign marked the moment when she crossed the threshold of 2,350 delegate votes.
- Harrison stated that Harris “will be the nominee of the Democratic party following the close of voting,” making her the first woman of color at the top of a major party’s ticket.
- Harris expressed excitement about the future, acknowledging the work ahead and emphasizing that “the power is with the people.” She added, “We are going to win this election, and it is going to take all of us.”
- The Democratic National Committee has yet to confirm the ballot totals, but Harris’ campaign celebrated the milestone.
- The announcement came after Harris’ campaign reported raising $310 million in July, an amount significantly higher than the $138.7 million raised by former President Donald Trump’s campaign and affiliated committees.
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Kamala Harris says she’s ‘honored to be presumptive Democratic nominee’
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Vice President Kamala Harris says she’s “honored to be the presumptive Democratic nominee,” but she said she’ll formally accept the presidential nomination next week. Harris joined a campaign livestream on Friday after Democratic National Convention chairman Jaime Harrison said she’d reached enough delegate votes to become the nominee. Voting continues until Monday.
The vice president said that she’s excited about the future but “we know we have a lot of work to do.” “The power is with the people,” Harris added. “We are going to win this election and it is going to take all of us.”
Harris has enough Democratic delegate votes to be the party’s nominee, Democratic chair says
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign declared Friday that she had secured enough votes from party delegates to become the Democratic presidential nominee. The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday. But the campaign marked the moment with a livestream when Harris crossed the threshold of 2,350 delegate votes. Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison made the announcement during the livestream. He says Harris “will be the nominee of the Democratic party following the close of voting.” Harris is poised to be the first woman of color at the top of a major party’s ticket.
Harris‘ campaign declared Friday that she had secured enough votes from party delegates to become the Democratic presidential nominee. The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but the campaign marked the moment when she crossed the threshold to have the majority of delegates’ votes. The Democratic National Committee did not immediately confirm the ballot totals. The announcement came after the campaign said earlier that it raised $310 million last month, an eyepopping sum showing that donors who once seemed spooked about the prospects for November’s election with President Joe Biden are now offering mountains of cash to boost his former No. 2.
The haul by Harris, the Democratic National Committee and affiliated entities far outpaced Republican former President Donald Trump, whose campaign and assorted committees said they took in $138.7 million for July.
