With North Carolina, Joe Biden gets required delegates to become Democratic nominee for president

With North Carolina, Joe Biden gets required delegates to become the Democratic nominee for president.

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Biden, who needed 2,374 votes from the delegates, officially went over the top in the delegate count when North Carolina announced its allocation of votes.

The roll call vote was held with people from all 57 states and territories appearing over video.

Biden clinched the nomination in early June. His other challengers in the once-crowded Democratic presidential primary had left the race.

Biden’s home state of Delaware passed in the alphabetical order to go last and deliver the final delegates to Biden, who appeared live on the screen for the first time during the convention.

“Thank you all from the bottom of my heart from my family, and I’ll see you on Thursday,” Biden said, referring to his upcoming speech that will close the convention.

Former President Bill Clinton headlined a group of speakers Tuesday night. Clinton, along with Biden’s wife, Jill Biden, and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer spoke during the virtual nominating process.

A DNC delegate from Charlotte, Cozzie Watkins, got to commit the state’s delegates to Biden and Kamala Harris.

The first night of the convention saw an 18-minute prerecorded speech in which former first lady Michelle Obama urged Democrats to vote for Biden as if “your life depends on it.”

First joint campaign event: Biden, Harris to appear in Delaware (NCD)

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