Biden’s big lead shutting down two contests could seal deal for Harris

Published July 26, 2024 9:42am ET



President Joe Biden was so widely viewed as the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party that two states did not hold primaries earlier this year, and that decision could help seal the deal quicker for Vice President Kamala Harris to get the party’s presidential nomination.

Harris is poised to win the party’s nomination at a virtual roll call of the Democratic National Committee that will be open from Aug. 1 through Aug. 7, but if a challenger is able to amass 300 delegates with no more than 50 from one state by Saturday, the process will be delayed two days. The vice president is expected to win the nomination without a challenge after Biden dropped out and endorsed her to take his spot at the top of the ticket.

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