Kamala Harris has secured enough delegate votes to clinch the Democrat presidential nomination and become the first woman of color at the top of a U.S. major party ticket.
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00:00U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough votes from Democratic Party delegates
00:05to be their presidential nominee.
00:07Harris says she will officially accept the nomination next week after an online voting
00:12period ends. The party was quick to rally around Harris as its preferred choice after
00:18President Joe Biden announced he would not seek a second term in November.
00:23She will be the first woman of color at the top of a major U.S. party ticket.
00:28Harris has already breathed new life into a flagging Democratic campaign.
00:33She raised more than $300 million in donations in July,
00:37more than double that of Republican candidate Donald Trump.