PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton, making history in Philadelphia on Tuesday, has become the first woman to be nominated for president of a major U.S. political party.
The delegation from North Dakota put Clinton over the necessary 2,382 delegates to win the nomination during a roll call.
Along the way, Pennsylvania and New Jersey delegates cast 126 votes and 90 votes for Clinton, respectively. Those delegations cast 82 votes and 45 votes for Sanders. The delegation from New Jersey cast 90 votes for Clinton and 45 votes for Sanders, respectively.
Clinton’s name was placed in nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia by Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski, who said was delivering a speech on behalf of “all women who have broken down barriers for others.”
Mikulski was the first Democratic woman to be elected to the Senate in her own right.
Clinton’s nomination was seconded by a leader of the civil rights movement, Georgia Rep. John Lewis. He tells the convention the nation had made “too much progress and we are not going back.”
He’s asking the delegates to vote in November “like we have never ever voted before.”
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake has kicked off the voting by asking, “Are we ready to make some history?”
