Kamala Harris has the support of enough delegates to guarantee her nomination
US Vice President Kamala Harris took office on Monday garnered enough delegates to guarantee his nomination to the Democratic Party According to California Congressman Robert Garcia, as a candidate in the November presidential election.
,California recently voted unanimously to nominate Kamala Harris for president. Garcia wrote in the message, “Our delegates have placed the Vice President above the number needed to be our nominee for the convention!”
To win the nomination in the first round of voting, a candidate needs the support of at least1,976 delegates out of a total of 4,000.
California Weighs In
Shortly after the news broke, Harris said during her campaign for president: “I am proud to have received the broad support needed to become our party’s nominee and, As a daughter of California, I’m proud that my home state delegation helped.”,
Harris said she hoped to formally accept the nomination “soon,” which could happen remotely on August 7, before the start of the Democratic Party’s national convention on the 19th, which marks the conclusion of the primary process.
The pledge of support from the delegates is an essential endorsement for Harris. Although the delegates They might change their mind between now and the vote No other candidate has stepped forward since President Joe Biden resigned his re-election bid on Sunday, in August.
Harris will not officially become the party’s presidential nominee until delegates formally vote A virtual roll call vote that is expected to conclude on August 7.
The vice president, who announced his candidacy on Sunday after Biden withdrew from the race, is already the Democrats’ favorite candidate after receiving the support of the president, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and all the Democratic governors in the country – some of whom seemed like potential candidates -.
still, Other candidates may be presented if they obtain the nomination signatures of at least 300 delegatesNo more than one sixth is coming from the same state.
Party officials told local media on Monday that if only one candidate, likely Harris, reaches the 300 signature threshold, virtual voting could take place on August 1, and if there are multiple candidates, voting would take place a few days later but be completed before August 7.
Meanwhile, if the enrollment takes place in early August, The Democratic convention is to be held in Chicago on the 19th of that monthThere will be a purely ceremonial ceremony and a televised occasion for political training.