It's official now. The Vice President Kamala Harris has received the necessary majority of votes in the Democratic delegate vote to be designated the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, as announced by Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison, without disclosing exact figures. However, the formal nomination of the first black candidate for the White House will not take place until Monday, when the voting is completed.
The announcement itself is not a surprise. Harris was the only candidate on the ballot: no one had seriously attempted to challenge her for the position that all the party’s heavyweights have endorsed, starting with President Joe Biden himself, who nominated her as the candidate when he withdrew from reelection. But with voting ending three days before it ends, the announcement helps to spread the idea among supporters that things are moving quickly. That the candidacy has what is described in American election jargon as momentum: the feeling that you have the wind at your back, that you are moving up positions. Who has a real chance of winning, after months of leading? behind the Republican candidate, Donald Trumpin the studies.
“I am honored to be the (prospective) Democratic nominee for President of the United States…,” Harris said in statements broadcast online to her supporters. “There are 95 days to go until November 5th (Election Day in the United States)… it won’t be easy, but we’re going to get there,” she added. “Know that we’re going to get there.”
In a statement, Harrison assured that Democrats “will unite around Vice President Harris and demonstrate the strength of our party” at the party convention, which kicks off on the 19th in Chicago.
The announcement coincides with the release of the Democratic campaign's fundraising data over the past month. In June, Harris's They raised $310 millionan amount they say is the largest raised in a single month this election and a testament to the enthusiasm of party donors after President Joe Biden abandoned his re-election bid and handed the nomination to his vice president. The Democratic campaign raised more than $200 million immediately after the announcement on the 21st.
The delegate vote who will formally declare himself the Democratic nominee this Monday, would traditionally have been held at the party convention. But local Ohio law required the nominee to be formally declared by the 7th, forcing the vote to be moved up and held virtually. The vote will be repeated at the convention in Chicago, but will be ceremonial only.
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The vice president is also expected to announce her electoral partner on Monday, an announcement that could help fuel unrest. momentum Democrat before the convention. Two names appear in all pools: that of Josh Shapiro, the governor of Pennsylvania – a state that the Democrats must win to continue in the White House – and that of Mark Kelly, senator from Arizona, former astronaut and war veteran.
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