Harris Declares Herself To Be The Democrats’ Presumptive Nominee After Securing Delegates With No Voting

Vice President Kamala Harris declared herself the Democrat Party’s presumptive presidential nominee on Monday night after the majority of the party’s delegates indicated that they would flip from President Joe Biden to her.

Harris’ announcement comes roughly 36 hours after Biden announced that he was dropping out of the presidential race because Democrats were concerned that he would lose to former President Donald Trump.

“When I announced my campaign for President, I said I intended to go out and earn this nomination,” Harris said. “Tonight, I am proud to have secured the broad support needed to become our party’s nominee, and as a daughter of California, I am proud that my home state’s delegation helped put our campaign over the top.”

“I look forward to formally accepting the nomination soon,” she continued.”I am grateful to President Biden and everyone in the Democratic Party who has already put their faith in me, and I look forward to taking our case directly to the American people.”

Tonight, I am proud to have earned the support needed to become our party’s nominee.

Over the next few months, I’ll be traveling across the country talking to Americans about everything on the line. I fully intend to unite our party and our nation, and defeat Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/Bsq3N6pMAi

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 23, 2024

A tally from the Associated Press found that Harris has secured at least 2,668 delegates, none of whom are legally bound to vote for her, who have pledged to vote for her when they meet during the first week in August. Harris only needed 1,976 delegates to become the party’s nominee.

The 59-year-old Californian has never earned a single vote from Democrat primary voters in a presidential primary after dropping out of the party’s 2020 primary before voting even started.