Hillary Clinton has secured a majority of delegates to the Democratic National Convention, NBC News
projected on Monday, June 6, 2016 evening — making the former secretary
of state the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party.
Clinton, whose first quest for the
Democratic nomination ended in a concession speech almost exactly eight
years ago to the day, now becomes the first woman ever to win the
nomination of a major political party in the United States.
Clinton reached the majority of 2,383
delegates with a combination of pledged and unpledged “super delegates.”
The new tally includes pledges from over a dozen new superdelegates as
well as her accumulation of 36 pledged delegates in Sunday’s Puerto Rico
primary.
By NBC’s count, Clinton now has 1812
pledged delegates and 572 superdelegates, while Sanders has 1520 pledged
and 46 superdelegates.
Clinton was widely expected to reach the
2,383 threshold on Tuesday, when six states hold their nominating
contests on one of the final primary nights of the race.
In a statement, Hillary Clinton campaign
manager Robby Mook nodded to the upcoming contests in an attempt to
mute an announcement the campaign would have preferred to come after
voters headed to the polls in those primaries.
“This is an important milestone, but
there are six states that are voting Tuesday, with millions of people
heading to the polls, and Hillary Clinton is working to earn every
vote,” Mook said. “We look forward to Tuesday night, when Hillary
Clinton will clinch not only a win in the popular vote, but also the
majority of pledged delegates.”
Clinton’s campaign worked to reiterate that message in a tweet.
via NBC News
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