Harris secures enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic presidential nomination

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00:00Kamala Harris has the support of enough Democratic delegates to win the party's nomination for

00:05president, according to CNN's delegate estimate. While endorsements from delegates continue

00:12to come in, the vice president has now been backed by well more than the 1,976 pledged

00:20delegates she'll need to win the nomination on the first ballot.

00:25Harris crossed the threshold amid a wave of endorsements from state delegations Monday

00:30evening. These endorsements are not binding and with President Joe Biden out of the race,

00:36delegates are free to vote for the candidate of their choice.

00:39CNN's count comes from public statements of support from delegates and state delegations,

00:45CNN reporting, and conversations with delegates. Endorsements from state delegations are counted

00:52as unanimous support for Harris absent other information.

00:56Tonight, I am proud to have secured the broad support needed to become our party's nominee,

01:02and as a daughter of California, I am proud that my home state's delegation helped put

01:07our campaign over the top.

01:09I look forward to formally accepting the nomination soon, Harris said in a statement from her

01:15campaign late Monday.

01:17Under a plan outlined by Democratic officials Monday, delegates are expected to vote virtually

01:22to confirm Harris as the nominee by August 7th.

01:26The Democratic National Committee has long made clear that it is committed to locking

01:31in its nominee before the in-person convention begins on August 19th, and specifically before

01:37August 7th, which, it says, is critical to ensure ballot access in all states and avoid

01:44the risk of litigation.