The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harriswas made this Monday with the support of enough delegates to guarantee his nomination as the Democratic Party candidate for the presidential elections next November, according to California Congressman Robert Garcia.

“California just voted unanimously to nominate Kamala Harris for president. Our delegates have put the vice president in office above the required number “She needs to be our nominee for the convention!” Garcia proclaimed in X. To win the nomination in the first round of voting, a candidate requires the support of at least 1,976 delegates out of a total of 4,000.

Shortly after the news broke, Harris, through her presidential campaign, was “proud to have obtained the broad support necessary“to become the Democratic nominee. “As a daughter of California, I am proud that my home state delegation stepped up to the plate,” she said in a statement.

“I’m grateful to president biden “I’m very grateful to everyone in the Democratic Party who has already put their faith in me, and I look forward to taking our case directly to the American people,” Harris added.

Thus, he warned that “these elections will pose a clear decision between two different visions,” between a Donald Trump that “wants to take our country back to a time before many of us had full freedoms and equal rights” and “a future that strengthens our democracy, protects reproductive freedom, and ensures that every person has the opportunity not just to get by, but to get ahead.”

“Over the next few months I will be traveling across the country talking to Americans about what is at stake. I am determined to unite our party, unite our nation, and defeat Donald Trump. in November,” he said.

Virtual voting ahead of the Democratic Convention

In that same statement, Harris has expressed that expects to formally accept the nomination “soon”something that could happen remotely on August 7before the Democratic Party National Convention begins on the 19th of the same month, which marks the closing of the primary process.

Pledges of support from delegates are a required endorsement for Harris, and while delegates could change their minds between now and the August vote, No other candidate has stepped forward. from the resignation from re-election of the president Joe Biden on Sunday. Harris would not officially become the party’s presidential nominee until delegates formally vote in a virtual roll call vote expected to conclude on Aug. 7.

The vice president, who announced his candidacy On Sunday after Biden stepped aside, it is already the Democrats’ favorite candidate after having received the support of the current presidentfrom the former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and all the Democratic Governors of the country, even though some of them sounded like possible candidates.

Nevertheless, Other candidates could still be presented if they secure nominating signatures from at least 300 delegates, with no more than one-sixth coming from any one state. If only one candidate, most likely Harris, meets the 300-signature threshold, virtual voting could take place as early as August 1, according to party officials cited by local media. If there are multiple candidates, voting would take place days later but would be completed by August 7.

If the nomination takes place in early August, the Democratic convention to be held later in Chicago will be a purely ceremonial affair and a television opportunity for the party.