Vice President Kamala Harris has been officially named the Democratic presidential candidate after Democratic National Committee delegates cast their final ballots on Monday.
According to the Guardian, Harris secured nearly 4,600 votes in the voting process that ran for five days from August 1 to August 5. The DNC reported that 99% of delegates participated in the voting.
The VP had already gained more than enough votes to be declared the Democratic nominee just after a day’s voting as confirmed by DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, though Monday’s vote results have just made it official.
“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 Monday,” said DNC Chairman in Chicago, the venue where the Democratic National Convention will take place from August 19 through August 22.
Harris will accept the party’s nomination during the Democratic National Convention.
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from America’s heartland to help win over rural, white voters, US media have reported. Walz, a 60-year-old US Army National Guard veteran and former teacher, was elected to a Republican-leaning district in the US House of Representatives in 2006 and served 12 years before being elected governor of Minnesota in 2018.
