Hillary Clinton has reached the number of delegates needed to become the Democratic party’s presumptive nominee for president, the Associated Press reported on Monday, June 6.
Clinton surpassed fellow Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont with the support of the required 2,383 delegates. According to the AP’s count, the former first lady has commitments from 571 super delegates and from 1,812 pledged delegates that she won in primaries and caucuses.
NBC News also projected that the former secretary of state, 68, has the required number of delegates to clinch the nomination.
According to the AP, Clinton’s big win in the Puerto Rico primary on Sunday, June 5, helped push her total beyond 2,383. The former New York senator will become the first female to lead the presidential ticket for a major political party in the United States.
The final Democratic primary is set for June 14 in the District of Columbia. Clinton will then accept her party's nomination in July at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
As previously reported, Donald Trump earned enough delegates to clinch the GOP Republican nomination for president. The business mogul, 69, reached the required 1,237 delegates on Thursday, May 26.
