Without the fanfare of an election night victory Hillary Clinton was declared the winner of the Democratic nomination this on Monday June 06,2016 as she campaigned in Los Angeles.
Hillary Clinton, a former secretary of state, reached the 2,383 delegates needed
to become the presumptive Democratic nominee with a decisive weekend
victory in Puerto Rico and a burst of last-minute support from
superdelegates, the AP reported
Hillary Clinton is the presumptive Democrat candidate for president, according to the delegate tally from the Associated Press
The AP made the announcement on the eve of six Democratic primaries, sucking away much of the drama of Tuesday June 07,2016 's election
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 Hillary Clinton had enough superdelegates 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 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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