Kamala Harris Secures Democratic Presidential Nomination

*Majority of Delegates Support Harris*: US Vice President Kamala Harris has passed the threshold of votes to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. A majority of Democratic delegates have voted to select her as the party's nominee for president in a virtual roll call vote.

 *Historic Nomination*: Harris is the first Black and South Asian woman to be nominated for president in US history ¹. She also made history when she was elected vice president in 2020, becoming the first woman and first Black and South Asian American to hold the job.

*Virtual Roll Call Vote*: The Democratic National Committee began the formal process for selecting the nominee on Thursday, when voting opened for the party's more than 4,000 delegates to cast their ballots using an online form or over the phone. Harris needed to secure votes from 2,350 delegates to cross the threshold required for winning the nomination.
 *Campaign Fundraising*: Harris' campaign said Friday that it raised $310 million in July, a tally that includes money raised before President Biden dropped out. The haul more than doubles the $139 million the Trump campaign said it raised over the same period.

- *Running Mate*: Harris has not yet announced her pick for vice president, but her campaign has vetted roughly a dozen candidates, including a number of Democratic governors. Six of those in the running have had calls this week with the campaign team vetting potential candidates, and the top contenders will meet with Harris herself this weekends.