
After President Joe Biden’s unprecedented move to withdraw from the 2024 race so late in the election and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, she is actively working to secure the delegates he won during the Democratic primary.
Almost 4,000 delegates and 700 superdelegates will gather at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Aug. 19–22 to select the party’s presidential nominee. While President Biden won more than 3,800 delegates during the state primaries and caucuses, they cannot simply be transferred to another candidate, so Ms. Harris must secure support from at least 1,986 delegates to win the nomination.
A total of 664 pledged delegates had already endorsed the vice president by 1 p.m. ET on July 22. Another 12 unpledged delegates from Florida had also endorsed Ms. Harris by Monday afternoon….