Breaking: Associated Press Calls Democratic Race for Hillary Clinton
The Associated Press reports tonight that Hillary Clinton has achieved the number of delegates she needs to be the Democratic Party’s nominee for president.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton has commitments from the number of delegates needed to become the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president, and will be first woman to top the ticket of a major U.S. political party. An Associated Press count of pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses and a survey of party insiders known as superdelegates shows Clinton with the overall support of the required 2,383 delegates. Now the presumptive nominee, she will formally accept her party’s nomination in July at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
It’s time for Bernie Sanders to concede. Will he?
Sanders responds to @AP call: Clinton doesn’t have the pledged delegates. Supers don’t count until the convention so it’s still on.
— Lisa Lerer (@llerer) June 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton responds to the news:
We’re flattered, @AP, but we’ve got primaries to win. CA, MT, NM, ND, NJ, SD, vote tomorrow! https://t.co/8t3GpZqc1U
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 7, 2016
