Kamala Harris secures enough delegates to be Democratic nominee, campaign says

Who will Harris choose as her running mate?

As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate for the 2024 election, political expert Mark Shanahan joined LiveNOW from FOX’s Josh Breslow to discuss the possibilities.

Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough votes from delegates to be the Democratic Party’s nominee for president. She’ll be the first woman of color at the top of a major party’s ticket. 

“I am honored to be the presumptive Democratic nominee,” Harris said on a call with supporters. “We have a lot of work to do. It’s good work.”

Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison announced the news Friday. Although the online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, Harris crossed the threshold she needed on Friday. 

Her formal nomination is expected to be finalized by Aug. 7, though the party’s convention in Chicago isn’t scheduled to begin until Aug. 19. Democratic officials have said the accelerated timeline was necessary because of an Aug. 7 deadline to ensure candidates appear on the Ohio ballot.

US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris smiles as she takes the podium to speak at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / AFP) (Photo by ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty I

Harrison said “we will rally around Vice President Kamala Harris and demonstrate the strength of our party” during its convention in Chicago later this month.

Harris has not yet chosen her running mate, and she’s expected to interview candidates over the weekend.

Her campaign raked in a staggering $310 million in fundraising in July, in what her campaign touted as “the biggest haul of the 2024 cycle.” The fundraising was more than double the $138.7 million that Donald Trump’s campaign brought in last month.

Harris secured the nomination with less than 100 days until the election after President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the race and endorsing Harris as his replacement.