WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris effectively secured the Democratic party's presidential nomination Friday (Aug 2), confirming her remarkable rise to party standard bearer in November's showdown against Republican Donald Trump.
US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.'s 60th International Biennial Boule event in Houston, Texas, US, Jul 31, 2024. WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris effectively secured the Democratic party's presidential nomination Friday , confirming her remarkable rise to party standard bearer in November's showdown against Republican Donald Trump.for a five-day electronic vote of nearly 4,000 party convention delegates.
No other Democrats stepped forward to challenge her elevation to the top of the ticket, making her confirmation as the first Black and South Asian woman ever to secure a major party's nomination a formality. The virtual roll call marks the official beginning of the 2024 convention, although in practice the festivities really get going when thousands of party faithful descend on Chicago on August 19.
The vice president has already smashed fundraising records, packed arenas and wiped out Trump's polling leads over Biden, creating momentum that she hopes she can ride through the convention to the White House.
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