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.
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.