
Kamala Harris On Her Way To Securing Delegates To Win 2024 Democratic Nomination
Kamala Harris has already locked up over half of the delegates needed to capture Joe Biden’s Democratic Party presidential nomination, with a new report Monday explaining how she succeeded him as US president.
On Monday, an Associated Press survey showed Harris had 1,152 and was closing in on the necessary threshold of 1,976 to take the nomination. There are 56 delegates yet to be decided on.
Florida delegate and Democratic National Committee Finance Chair Chris Korge said Biden’s endorsement of Harris post-exit “has been very powerful in getting donors to give money and in delegates … to ultimately pledge for her.”
Harris, who is already the lone declared candidate for any 2024 Democratic presidential nomination at this point, has already won the backing of scores of party leaders, but one influential Democrat not yet on board is former President Barack Obama.
Even so, key Democrats viewed as possible successors to Biden including Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) and Governor J.B.Pritzker(D-IL) have publicly announced their support for Harris.
Delegates for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) are scheduled to vote virtually or in person at an open convention in Chicago from August 19-22.
Over 700 other “superdelegates” are allowed to participate in subsequent rounds if no candidate wins a majority of the delegates on the first ballot.
The DNC did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but its chairman Jaime Harrison said on Sunday that there would be an “open and orderly process” — language nearly identical to what was used in 2016 when he headed the party in South Carolina.
Harris raised a record-breaking $81 million in the first day after announcing her presidential campaign.