More than 1,200 pledged delegates have told The Associated Press or announced that they plan to support Harris at the convention — more than half the 1,976 benchmark set by Democratic National Committee rules.
Harris took a big risk walking away from a national settlement in the aftermath of the Great Financial Crisis, and it could make the case for how she’ll deal with the corporate world if she’s elected president.
Reverend Bernice King, daughter of civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and CEO of The King Center, said she had never endorsed a candidate publicly, until now.