Kamala Harris has earned enough votes to win her party’s nomination for president, according to the Democratic National Committee.
Although the online voting process has not officially ended, Harris surpassed the threshold to win the majority of delegates’ votes, according to DNC Chair Jaime Harrison on Friday.
“I am so proud to confirm that Vice President Harris has earned more than a majority of votes from all convention delegates and will be the nominee of the Democratic Party following the close of voting” on Aug. 5, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison said during a livestream video.
The DNC’s virtual roll call vote began Thursday morning and continues until Monday night. Two thousand three hundred and fifty votes are needed to secure the nomination. Harris secured 3,923 delegate votes, according to the DNC.
“Just one day after we opened voting that the vice president has crossed the majority threshold and will officially be our nominee next week, folks that is outstanding,” the DNC chair said.
Harris on a call to supporters Friday said she was “honored” to be the presumptive nominee.
“I will officially accept your nomination next week, once the virtual voting period is closed,” she said during a virtual campaign event.
President Joe Biden endorsed Harris as his replacement after he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race in July. The virtual vote comes less than two weeks after he officially ended his reelection campaign.
Harris is soon expected to announce her running mate. Harris’s VP pick will accompany her next week on a tour of seven battleground states starting in Philadelphia, according to her campaign. They will also visit Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada.
Harris will formally accept her party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. A ceremonial state-by-state roll call vote will be held at the convention which begins Aug. 19.
Harris has since beefed up her staff by hiring former senior aides to President Barack Obama. This includes David Plouffe who will join her campaign as a senior adviser. He previously worked as a strategist for Obama’s successful 2008 and 2012 presidential bids.
Plouffe on social media recently criticized Harris’s Republican rivals following former President Donald Trump’s controversial interview at the National Association of Black Journalists.
“The Trump–Vance ticket may set a record for the highest number of negative, contradictory frames against their campaign opponent in the shortest period of time,” Plouffe wrote in a post on X. “Gold medal in political flailing.”
Although both Trump and Harris have indicated they are interested in facing off against each other, a debate has not yet been set. A second debate between Trump and Biden was supposed to take place on Sept. 10 on ABC, but the status of that debate remains unclear after the president dropped out of the race.