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Harris secures enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic presidential nomination (www.cnn.com)

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Kamala Harris has the support of enough Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, according to CNN’s delegate estimate.

While endorsements from delegates continue to come in, the vice president has now been backed by well more than the 1,976 pledged delegates she’ll need to win the nomination on the first ballot.

Harris crossed the threshold amid a wave of endorsements from state delegations Monday evening.

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[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 59 points 3 months ago

78 year old Trump is running a 2016 campaign. Same old tired rhetoric. Harris is running an energetic 2024 campaign focused on a better future. Harris will dominate this weeks media cycles. Then the Olympics, then then the Dem convention. Harris and the dems will take all the oxygen away from the GOP until Labor Day.

Then, just 3 weeks after Labor Day, some states will begin early voting, and mail-in ballots will already be in some folks' hands.

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

Yeess YAASSSS!

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 3 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Harris crossed the threshold amid a wave of endorsements from state delegations Monday evening.

These endorsements are not binding and with President Joe Biden out of the race, delegates are free to vote for the candidate of their choice.

Under a plan outlined by Democratic officials Monday, delegates are expected to vote virtually to confirm Harris as the nominee by August 7.

The Democratic National Committee has long made clear that it is committed to locking in its nominee before the in-person convention begins on August 19 – and specifically before August 7, which, it says, is critical to ensure ballot access in all states and avoid the risk of litigation.

She delivered a speech to staff, previewing her campaign argument against former President Donald Trump and detailing her experience as an attorney general and prosecutor.

The vice president said in her statement Monday that she will continue to travel across the country in the coming months “talking to Americans about everything that is on the line.

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