US Vice President Kamala Harris has received the necessary number of delegate votes to mathematically become the presidential candidate of the Democrats to the White House, also being the first black woman to head a ticket of a major party, as highlighted this Friday by the president of the Democratic National Committee.

Specifically, Harris has surpassed the threshold of 1,976 delegates needed to be confirmed as the party’s nominee, Although the virtual voting of delegates will not officially end until next Monday“I am proud to confirm that Vice President Harris has secured a supermajority of the convention delegate votes and will be the Democratic nominee after voting closes on Monday,” said Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Jaime Harrison in an internal call with the party.

Kamala Harris appeared immediately afterwards to thank the party for the trust it has placed in her and She says she feels “honoured” to have been chosen to replace Democrat President Joe Biden in the presidential race after he dropped out of re-election just two and a half weeks ago over his disastrous performance in the debate with Republican Donald Trump.

“I am honored to be the Democratic candidate for President of the United States. I will officially accept the nomination next week.“Harris said. In a whirlwind process, Biden gave his support to Harris and in successive virtual meetings the delegates who had been elected in the primary process and who had committed their vote for the president began to declare their support for the vice president.

The DNC gave until Tuesday for other candidates to be presented, but finally Harris was the only contender for the Democratic nomination and was therefore guaranteed her nomination, which will be made official on Monday and will be staged at the Democratic National Convention that begins on the 19th in Chicago (Illinois). Kamala Harris must now announce her candidate for vice president, something that could be known next week. Harris, 59, is the first black woman with Indian roots nominated as a candidate for the Presidency of the United States.