Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party's nominee against Donald Trump, according to an AP survey. Several state delegations met late Monday to confirm their support for Harris, including Texas and her home state of California. By Monday night, Harris had the support of well more than the 1,976 delegates she'll need to win on a first ballot, according to the AP tally. No other candidate was named by a delegate contacted by the AP, and no major Democrat has announced plans to challenge Harris.
The AP tally is based on interviews with individual delegates, public statements from state parties, many of which have announced that their delegations are supporting Harris en masse, and public statements and endorsements from individual delegates. Still, the AP is not calling Harris the new presumptive nominee. That's because the convention delegates are still free to vote for the candidate of their choice at the convention in August or, alternatively, in a virtual roll call ahead of that gathering in Chicago.
- Running mate search: Harris, meanwhile, was working in public and behind the scenes to get a handle on the campaign. For one thing, she has appointed former Attorney General Eric Holder to oversee her choice of a running mate, reports the New York Times. He once did the same for Barack Obama.
- Trump attack: "Hear me when I say, I know Donald Trump's type," Harris said at her new campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday. "We're not going back."
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