Kamala Harris has conceded the 2024 presidential election.
On Wednesday, Nov. 6, the vice chairman, 60, known as President-elect Donald Trump, 78, to congratulate him on his victory and provide her concession, a senior Harris aide confirms to PEOPLE.
She reportedly mentioned the significance of a peaceable transition of energy between the administrations and expressed hope that he generally is a president for all People.
The Democratic presidential nominee will publicly deal with the nation about her defeat at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Howard College in Washington, D.C., a traditionally Black college the place she earned her undergraduate diploma.
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Harris first introduced her presidential marketing campaign on July 21 after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and promptly gave her his endorsement. Biden, 81, beforehand defeated Trump for the presidency in 2020, incomes 306 Electoral School votes to Trump’s 232.
“My very first choice because the social gathering nominee in 2020 was to select Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it has been the perfect choice I’ve made,” Biden wrote on X in July. “At the moment I need to provide my full assist and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee for our social gathering this yr. Democrats — it is time to come collectively and beat Trump. Let’s do that.”
Shortly thereafter, Harris confirmed that she can be working for president with a press release shared by the Biden marketing campaign, by which she known as the president “selfless and patriotic.”
“I’m honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,” she wrote. “Over the previous yr, I’ve traveled throughout the nation, speaking with People in regards to the clear selection on this momentous election. And that’s what I’ll proceed to do within the days and weeks forward. I’ll do all the things in my energy to unite the Democratic Celebration — and unite our nation — to defeat Donald Trump and his excessive Challenge 2025 agenda.”
The following day, Harris secured sufficient Democratic delegates to earn the social gathering’s presidential nomination after garnering greater than the 1,976 pledged delegates wanted to formally win the nomination in the course of the Democratic Nationwide Conference.
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In August, Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her working mate.
Harris is the primary lady, the primary Black individual and the primary individual of Indian descent to carry the workplace of vice chairman.
