Yes! Hillary Clinton, a former secretary of state, reached the 2,383 delegates needed to become the presumptive Democratic nominee with a decisive victory in Puerto Rico and a burst of last minute support from super delegates, the AP reported.
Without the fanfare of an election night victory Hillary Clinton was declared the winner of the Democratic nomination this on Monday as she campaigned in Los Angeles.
The
Associated Press, which runs the premiere delegate-tracking service,
first made the call and was quickly followed by NBC News, CNN and CBS.
Almost
eight years from the day that she bowed out of a tight race against
Barack Obama, Clinton made history with the announcements, becoming the
first woman to top a major political party's ticket in the United
States.
AP
determined tonight that Clinton had enough super delegates in her corner
to win the nomination at this summer's convention without the votes
that will be cast in Tuesday's elections in six states and one final
contest next week in the District of Columbia.
'According
to the news we are on the brink of a historic, historic, unprecedented
moment,' Clinton said at a rally in Long Beach, California.
An
hour later a defiant Bernie Sanders took the stage in San Francisco and
swatted down the projections, telling supporters that if he wins in
California, 'we're going to go into that convention with enormous
momentum.'
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