Clinton is now the official Democratic Nominee- AP
Tue Jun 07, 2016 07:26:am World
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US Democratic party frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, was declared the winner of the Democratic nomination last night by the Associated Press, as the wire service announced a new delegate count.
Clinton has now made history as the first woman to win a major political party's nomination in the United States; almost exactly eight years from the day she bowed out of her tight race against then-Senator Barack Obama.
The AP determined that Clinton had enough superdelegates in her corner to win the nomination at this summer's convention, without needing the votes earned from tomorrow's elections in six states and one final contest next week in the District of Columbia.
Speaking on this development, Clinton told her supporters at a rally in Long Beach, California, "According to the news we are on the brink of a historic, historic, unprecedented moment," though still urging them to come out en masse and vote.
"But we still have work to do, don't we. We have six elections tomorrow, and we're gonna fight hard for every single vote, especially right here in California," she said.
Despite the good news in the Clinton camp, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders who is gunning for a contested convention, remained defiant. Sanders took the stage in San Francisco and swatted the news away, telling supporters that if he still wins tomorrow in California, "we're going to go into that convention with enormous momentum."
He reminded his enormous audience, huddled together in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, that he still performs better against Republican Donald Trump than Clinton.
"Let me give you some reassuring news," he said. "Donald Trump will not become president of the United States."
Clinton had needed 2,383 delegates total to become the nominee.
The AP determined she had exactly that much support, when the superdelegates – party insiders who get to cast a vote at the convention – are included in the tally.
Clinton had a 291 pledged delegates advantage over her rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, which she earned from winning contests.
Sanders had hoped to make gains at California's Super-Tuesday, where 475 pledged delegates are on the table.
He spent multiple weeks on the trail in the state, and boasted last night, that he stood before 217,000 of the state's voters.
On Saturday, he warned media outlets, like the Associated Press, to hold off from calling the race before the polls in California has closed.
But Clinton now sees herself as most certainly, the Democratic Nominee, and has now channeled most of her time attacking her General Election opponent, Donald Trump.
Clinton has now made history as the first woman to win a major political party's nomination in the United States; almost exactly eight years from the day she bowed out of her tight race against then-Senator Barack Obama.
The AP determined that Clinton had enough superdelegates in her corner to win the nomination at this summer's convention, without needing the votes earned from tomorrow's elections in six states and one final contest next week in the District of Columbia.
Speaking on this development, Clinton told her supporters at a rally in Long Beach, California, "According to the news we are on the brink of a historic, historic, unprecedented moment," though still urging them to come out en masse and vote.
"But we still have work to do, don't we. We have six elections tomorrow, and we're gonna fight hard for every single vote, especially right here in California," she said.
Despite the good news in the Clinton camp, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders who is gunning for a contested convention, remained defiant. Sanders took the stage in San Francisco and swatted the news away, telling supporters that if he still wins tomorrow in California, "we're going to go into that convention with enormous momentum."
He reminded his enormous audience, huddled together in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, that he still performs better against Republican Donald Trump than Clinton.
"Let me give you some reassuring news," he said. "Donald Trump will not become president of the United States."
Clinton had needed 2,383 delegates total to become the nominee.
The AP determined she had exactly that much support, when the superdelegates – party insiders who get to cast a vote at the convention – are included in the tally.
Clinton had a 291 pledged delegates advantage over her rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, which she earned from winning contests.
Sanders had hoped to make gains at California's Super-Tuesday, where 475 pledged delegates are on the table.
He spent multiple weeks on the trail in the state, and boasted last night, that he stood before 217,000 of the state's voters.
On Saturday, he warned media outlets, like the Associated Press, to hold off from calling the race before the polls in California has closed.
But Clinton now sees herself as most certainly, the Democratic Nominee, and has now channeled most of her time attacking her General Election opponent, Donald Trump.
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