Kamala Harris Officially Secures Democratic Nomination For US Presidential Election

US Vice President Kamala Harris has formally secured the Democratic nomination for the upcoming US presidential election. Jaime Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee, announced that Kamala Harris had earned the majority of delegates’ votes. At the same time, Harris's nomination would become official after the party’s virtual roll call vote ends on Monday. If Kamala Harris defeats Donald Trump in the election in November, she would be America's first female president.

"I am honored to be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. I will officially accept the nomination next week," wrote the 59-year-old in a post on X on August 2. Kamala Harris ran unopposed in the virtual roll call after Joe Biden made a historic decision to withdraw from the presidential race. She became the nominee after receiving the support of 2,350 delegates, the threshold required to secure the nomination. 

Kamala Harris, born in Oakland, California, is the first Democratic nominee in the party's nearly 200-year history to hail from a western state, reported the BBC. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris is expected to announce the vice presidential candidate by Monday. Multiple reports suggest that Josh Shapiro, the governor of Pennsylvania, is the leading contender to be named Kamala Harris’s running mate in the US presidential election.