Just 48 hours after President Joe Biden announced he would not run for a second term, Vice President Kamala Harris may already have secured enough delegates to become the Democratic presidential nominee in 2024.
on monday, Associated Press The committee released the results of a survey asking Democratic delegates whom they planned to support in the party’s nomination election, and the choice was clear: More than 2,600 delegates said they planned to vote for Harris, well above the threshold of 1,976 votes needed to secure the nomination.
“When I announced my candidacy for president, I said I was going to do everything in my power to win this nomination.”
Only 54 delegates said they were undecided. No other delegates who spoke to The Associated Press named any other candidates.
Despite the poll’s uneven results, the outlet refused to declare Harris the “presumptive” Democratic candidate. First, responses to the poll are not binding, and delegates must formally vote either at the upcoming Democratic National Convention or in a “virtual roll call” the party has promised to hold in early August.
Additionally, another candidate only needs to get 300 electronic signatures from convention delegates to advance to the first round of voting. Several prominent Democrats, including former President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, have declined to endorse a candidate in the race, so it’s still possible that a dark horse candidate could emerge.
But that seems unlikely at this point. In fact, Harris has already declared victory. Just after midnight on Tuesday, she Social mediashe” [her] Party candidate.”
In a statement accompanying the post, Harris reiterated that she believes she “won” the nomination. “When I announced my candidacy for President, I said I was going to win this nomination,” she said.
Ms. Harris quickly gained support within the party in the hours after Mr. Biden withdrew. The shortened campaign, scheduled for the summer of 2024, has gone much more smoothly than her first presidential campaign nearly five years ago, when she made a much more public announcement about her candidacy but withdrew before the first vote in the Democratic primary was cast, citing a lack of funds.
“My presidential campaign simply does not have the funding it needs to continue,” she said. December 2019.
At this point, Harris may have a lot of problems in her campaign. Bail for violent suspects And seemingly incompetent Connect with Voters On a personal level, money isn’t the only reason: The Biden campaign has officially changed its name to Harris for President and signaled that Harris will inherit Biden’s $96 million in coffers, with another $81 million from donors pouring into her coffers in recent days.
“Over the next few months, I will travel across this country speaking to you on all the issues at stake. We will unite our party and our country and defeat Donald Trump,” Harris vowed.
Harris will soon have to choose a running mate, and three battleground state governors appear to be on the final list of candidates: Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona is also being mentioned.
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