Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has the delegate support she needs to secure the Democratic nomination at the Democratic National Convention in July, according to a CBS News estimate.
Clinton’s delegate estimates include the support of both elected delegates and committed superdelegates.
California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota hold their primaries on Tuesday. The final primary will be in Washington, D.C. on June 14.
In her own question-and-answer session with reporters Monday, Clinton pointed out that Tuesday would mark exactly eight years since she folded her 2008 primary campaign and endorsed Barack Obama.
“It is not over until it is over and tomorrow is a really important day,” Clinton told CNN’s Dan Merica in Compton, California, saying she wanted for now not to focus on the historic nature of her candidacy because she wanted to ensure everyone came out to vote.
Bernie Sanders vowed as recently as Saturday to contest the Democratic convention in July. When asked by reporters Sunday if that was still his position, he simply responded: “Absolutely.”
