Presidential candidate says she looks forward to formally accepting nomination soon and heads to campaign in battleground of Wisconsin
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at her campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, on July 22nd, 2024. Photograph: ERIN SCHAFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Imagesof Wisconsin on Tuesday for the first time as a presidential candidate after enough Democratic delegates pledged to endorse her, clearing her path to the nomination.
An unofficial survey of delegates by the Associated Press showed Ms Harris with more than 2,500 delegates, well over the 1,976 needed to win a vote in the coming weeks. Delegates could still, technically, change their minds but nobody else received any votes in the AP survey; 54 delegates said they were undecided.
“So hear me when I say I know Donald Trump's type,” she said of her rival, a convicted felon who was found liable for sexual assault in civil court. Other courts have found fraud was committed in his business, charitable foundation and private university. Hollywood donors ended their “Dembargo” on political donations, as fundraisers and celebrities from rapper Cardi B to Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis and TV producer Shonda Rhimes endorsed Ms Harris.
Whether she can turn around slumping polls in key states remains an open question. In interviews with half-dozen leading Democrats in Wisconsin, they said Ms Harris offers the party the opportunity to push the reset button and animate voters who were unenthused about Mr Biden and Mr Trump.
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