- Kamala Harris has secured enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination for president.
- It took just over 24 hours for the party to rally behind Harris after Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
- Since Biden’s announcement and endorsement of Harris, the vice president has broken fundraising records.
Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination for president.
On Monday evening, CNN, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal calculated that Harris had met the threshold of 1,976 pledged delegate endorsements to secure the nomination.
The news comes the day after President Joe Biden announced his plan to drop out of the race and his endorsement of Harris as his pick to replace him.
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Since Biden’s announcement and endorsement, the Democratic party has rallied behind Harris, and the vice president has raked in record-breaking donations totaling more than $81 million in a single day.
