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On August 5, delegate voting closed, and Vice President Kamala Harris became the official presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. [49] 52 delegates voted abstained or voted against Harris, including Representative Mary Peltola, Representative Jared Golden, and Senator Jon Tester. [50]
The Democratic Party uses pledged delegates and unpledged delegates (generally known as superdelegates or sometimes as automatic delegates), a combined system which had been introduced in 1984. Between 1984 and 2016, a candidate for the Democratic nomination had to win a majority of combined delegate votes at the Democratic National Convention.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 3, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
The series of primaries, caucuses, and state conventions culminate in the national convention, where the delegates cast their votes to formally select a candidate. A simple majority of the total delegate votes is required to become the nominee.
All it takes to be in considered for the Democratic nomination at the convention is a petition with signatures from at least 300 delegates (with no more than 50 from any one state).
Areva Martin is a Democratic delegate from California. She told Scripps News that "by all indications," Vice President Kamala Harris will be the party's presidential nominee. Here's why.
Nearly 4,000 Democratic delegates are set to vote to select the party's presidential nominee, and the virtual roll call vote could happen as early as Thursday.
This is a list of major Democratic Party candidates for president.The Democratic Party has existed since the dissolution of the Democratic-Republican Party in the 1820s, and the Democrats have nominated a candidate for president in every presidential election since the party's first convention in 1832.