Kamala Harris has officially secured the presidential nomination of the Democratic party in the United States of America, becoming the first Black and South Asian woman to do so.
Harris ran unopposed in the virtual roll call, after US President Joe Biden stepped aside last month and quickly endorsed her.
She formally became the nominee after securing the support of 2,350 delegates, the threshold required to earn the nomination.
“I am honoured to be the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
“We believe in the promise of America and that’s what this campaign is about. We are in this, we are on the road and it’s not going to be easy, but we’re going to get this done,” she said in brief remarks over the phone.
Democrats have said 3,923 delegates – or 99% of the participants – plan to vote for her in the rollcall which began on Thursday and ends on Monday.
The Harris campaign announced it had raised more than $310m in July, with more than two-thirds of people donating money for the first time.
Harris is expected to officially accept the nomination at the Democratic National Convention, scheduled for August 19-22 in Chicago.
The 59-year-old US Vice President, was born in Oakland, California, and is the first Democratic nominee in nearly 200 years to hail from a western state.
She is expected to name her running mate by Monday.