Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination, Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison announced on Friday.
“I'm incredibly proud to announce that Vice President Harris has received more than half of the votes from all convention delegates and will be the Democratic nominee once voting closes on Monday,” Harrison said, according to Bloomberg's Josh Wingrove.
DNC Chair Harrison James“I am extremely proud to announce that Vice President Harris has received more than half of the votes from all convention delegates and will be the Democratic nominee once voting closes on Monday.”
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) August 2, 2024
Harris selected her delegates through a virtual roll call process organized by the Democratic National Committee, which was not effectively certified by primary voters. Voting began Thursday morning, but Harris' nomination will not become official until it closes at 6 p.m. Monday, NBC reported. report.
Harris' campaign said she had received at least 2,350 of the 4,700 delegate votes, giving her the simple majority needed to secure the nomination, according to NBC News. She is running unopposed after President Joe Biden announced he would not seek the nomination. (Related: Pro-Palestinian activists try to block Harris from nominating Shapiro as vice president, critics say anti-Semitism is to blame)
“I will formally accept your nomination once the virtual voting process is complete next week, but I am pleased that we now have enough delegates to secure the nomination,” Harris said in a conference call with supporters, the same call that Harrison declared victory, according to NBC.