Kamala Harris officially became the Democratic candidate for the Presidency of the United States for the November elections, after Joe Biden withdrew from the race and she secured the support of 2,350 delegates, the amount required for the nomination.
"It is an honor for me to be the Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States. I will officially accept the nomination next week," she stated on her X account.
After publishing a link for voters to donate to his campaign, he said that it "is about people coming together, driven by love for the homeland, to fight for the best of what we are."
On Friday afternoon, Harris secured the support of 2,350 delegates, reaching the required threshold to obtain the Democratic nomination and will now face her Republican rival Donald Trump.
"We are in this, we are on the road, and it won't be easy, but we will make it," he said in a brief communication.
In total, the Democrats have reported that 3,923 delegates – or 99% of the participants – plan to vote for her by Monday, when she will finally have to accept the nomination.
While candidates are usually nominated at their party conventions, Harris's nomination had to happen this week because the relatively late date of the 2024 Democratic National Convention – from August 19 to 22 – risks violating state ballot access laws.
Harris, 59 years old, was born in Oakland, California, and is the first Democratic candidate in the nearly 200-year history of the party to come from a western state.
After Biden withdrew from the reelection race and endorsed Harris, the current vice presidency of the country managed to raise 200 million dollars in its first week of campaigning.
Harris's team announced last Sunday that the majority of the donations (66%) come from first-time contributors in the 2024 election cycle who sent their money after President Biden dropped out of the race.
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