Democrats will gather in Chicago on Aug. 19-22 for the Democratic Party’s nominating convention. Some 4,700 delegates from around the country, including 496 from California, will now have to – in s…
SAN DIEGO, May 10, 2016 | Kamala Harris, California Attorney General, speaks during a debate between her and the four other top candidates running to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer on live television, radio, and internet at KPBS in San Diego on Tuesday. President Joe Biden’s Sunday announcement that he is setting aside his re-election bid
“We are in an unprecedented situation, and there does need to be a credible process where it’s clear the delegates have made their choice without any funny business,” said David Atkins, a delegate in California’s 24th congressional district who isn’t bound to a candidate. “But I think it will be clear the overwhelming choice will be Kamala Harris.”What happens next: Joe Biden wants to pass the baton to Kamala Harris.
Harris said Sunday that she intends “to earn and win this nomination” – and multiple delegates in Southern California say they plan to support the vice president at the convention. They noted her record already serving in the Biden administration and her ties to California, where she has served as the state attorney general and a U.S. senator.
Harris, Kalmick said, is “someone who is going to unite the party and fight back” against former President Donald Trump and his party’s platform.
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