US Vice President Kamala Harris has achieved a significant milestone by winning the Democratic nomination for President. Her victory was confirmed through a majority of delegate votes, with a formal nomination set to occur at a convention later this month. Harris has also made headlines with a record-breaking fundraising haul and has notably closed the gap with Republican nominee Donald Trump in recent polls.
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- Kamala Harris won the Democratic nomination for President, securing a majority of delegate votes.
- She will be officially crowned the party’s nominee at a convention later this month.
- Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison confirmed Harris’s nomination following the close of voting on August 5.
- Harris raised a record-breaking $310 million in July, more than double the $139 million raised by Donald Trump’s campaign.
- July saw an assassination attempt on Trump and the end of Joe Biden’s re-election bid, leading to Biden endorsing Harris.
- The Harris campaign’s fundraising announcement included milestones such as raising $200 million in just one week after Biden’s exit.
- Harris’s campaign has already raised $1 billion for this election cycle, the fastest to reach this amount in presidential election history.
- The campaign currently holds $377 million in cash, the largest war chest at this point in a presidential cycle.
- Two-thirds of Harris’s July fundraising came from first-time donors following Biden’s endorsement.
- Harris has narrowed the gap with Trump to just 1.2 percentage points, with her at 46.5% and Trump at 47.7% in national polls.
