Associated Press: Clinton has enough delegates to win Democratic nomination

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The Associated Press reported Monday night that Hillary Clinton has commitments from the number of delegates necessary to become the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee. She also becomes the first woman to ever become the presumptive nominee of a major American political party. AP says it counted the pledged delegates Clinton won in primaries and caucuses and took a survey of superdelegates, and Clinton has more than the required 2,383 delegates. The nomination will be finalized in Philadelphia in July during the Democratic National Convention.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.