AP survey: Kamala Harris has enough Democratic delegates' support for presidential nomination
Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party바카라 게임 웹사이트s nominee against Republican Donald Trump, according to an , as top Democrats rallied to her in the aftermath of President Joe Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s decision to drop his bid for reelection.
Video above: Pennsylvania Democratic delegates endorse Harris for president
The quick coalescing behind Harris marked an attempt by the party to put weeks of internecine drama over Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s political future behind them and to unify behind the task of defeating Trump with just over 100 days until Election Day. Prominent Democratic elected officials, party leaders and political organizations quickly lined up behind Harris in the day after Biden's exit from the race and her campaign set a new 24-hour record for presidential donations on Monday.
Several state delegations met late Monday to confirm their support for Harris, including Texas and her home state of California. By Monday night, Harris had the support of at least 2,471 delegates, according to the AP tally of delegates, more than the 1,976 delegates she바카라 게임 웹사이트ll need to win on a first ballot. No other candidate was named by a delegate contacted by the AP.
California state Democratic Chairman Rusty Hicks said 75% to 80% of the state바카라 게임 웹사이트s delegation were on a call Tuesday and they unanimously supported Harris.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I바카라 게임 웹사이트ve not heard anyone mentioning or calling for any other candidate,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Hicks said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Tonight바카라 게임 웹사이트s vote was a momentous one.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Still, the AP is not calling Harris the new presumptive nominee. That바카라 게임 웹사이트s because the convention delegates are still free to vote for the candidate of their choice at the convention in August or if Democrats go through with a virtual roll call ahead of that gathering in Chicago.
Harris, in a statement, responded to the AP tally, saying she is 바카라 게임 웹사이트grateful 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.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Worries over Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s fitness for office were replaced by fresh signs of unity after a seismic shift to the presidential contest that upended both major political parties바카라 게임 웹사이트 carefully honed plans for the 2024 race.
Speaking to campaign staff in Wilmington, Delaware, Harris acknowledged the 바카라 게임 웹사이트rollercoaster바카라 게임 웹사이트 of the last several weeks, but expressed confidence in her new campaign team.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It is my intention to go out and earn this nomination and to win,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said. She promised to 바카라 게임 웹사이트unite our Democratic Party, to unite our nation, and to win this election.바카라 게임 웹사이트
She quickly leaned into the themes that will be prominent in her campaign against Trump over the coming 100 days, contrasting her time as a prosecutor with Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s felony convictions 바카라 게임 웹사이트 바카라 게임 웹사이트I know Donald Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트s type,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and casting herself as a defender of economic opportunity and abortion access.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Our fight for the future is also a fight for freedoms,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The baton is in our hands.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The president called into the meeting from his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where he is recovering from COVID-19, to lend his support to Harris. He planned to talk about his decision to step aside in an address to the nation later this week.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The name has changed at the top of the ticket, but the mission hasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t changed at all,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Biden said in his first public remarks since announcing his decision to step aside, promising he was 바카라 게임 웹사이트not going anywhere바카라 게임 웹사이트 and plans to campaign on Harris바카라 게임 웹사이트 behalf.
Biden said of his decision, 바카라 게임 웹사이트It was the right thing to do.바카라 게임 웹사이트
As he handed off the mantle of leadership to Harris, Biden added: 바카라 게임 웹사이트I바카라 게임 웹사이트m watching you kid. I love you.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Harris was headed to the battleground state of Wisconsin on Tuesday as her campaign for the White House kicks into high gear. The event in Milwaukee will be her first full-fledged campaign event since announcing her candidacy.
interviews with individual delegates, public statements from state parties, many of which have announced that their delegations are supporting Harris en masse, and public statements and endorsements from individual delegates.
Locking up the nomination was only the first item on the staggering political to-do list for Harris after learning of Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s plans to leave the race Sunday morning on a call with the president. She must also pick a running mate and pivot a massive political operation that had been built to reelect Biden to boost her candidacy instead.
On Sunday afternoon, Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s campaign formally changed its name to Harris for President, reflecting that she is inheriting his political operation of more than 1,000 staffers and war chest that stood at nearly $96 million at the end of June. She added $81 million to that total in the first 24 hours after Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s endorsement, her campaign said 바카라 게임 웹사이트 a presidential fundraising record 바카라 게임 웹사이트 with contributions from more than 888,000 donors.
The campaign also saw a surge of interest after Harris took over, with more than 28,000 new volunteers registered since the announcement 바카라 게임 웹사이트 a rate more than 100 times an average day from the previous Biden reelection campaign, underscoring the enthusiasm behind Harris.
Big-name Harris endorsements Monday, including from Govs. Wes Moore of Maryland, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Andy Beshear of Kentucky, left a vanishing list of potential rivals.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, who had been one of the notable holdouts, initially encouraging a primary to strengthen the eventual nominee, said she was lending her 바카라 게임 웹사이트enthusiastic support바카라 게임 웹사이트 to Harris바카라 게임 웹사이트 effort to lead the party.
Harris, if elected, would be the first woman and first person of South Asian descent to be president.
The Democratic National Convention is scheduled to be held Aug. 19-22 in Chicago, but the party had announced it would hold a virtual roll call to formally nominate Biden before in-person proceedings begin. The convention바카라 게임 웹사이트s rules committee is scheduled to meet this week to finalize its nomination process with a virtual vote as soon as Aug. 1, the party announced on Monday, with the process completed by Aug. 7.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We can and will be both fast and fair as we execute this nomination,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Jaime Harrison, the Democratic National Committee바카라 게임 웹사이트s chair, said on a conference call with reporters.
The party said the virtual roll call would feature multiple rounds of voting on nominees if multiple candidates meet the qualification threshold. To qualify, candidates must have the electronic signatures of 300 convention delegates.
