According to a delegate count by AP and NBC, Hillary Clinton has secured enough delegates to become the first woman nominated to be the presidential candidate by a major political party. Both Clinton and Bernie Sanders are still campaigning today, however, in primary contests in six states. One of those contests is in California, where one party leader has announced her support for Clinton.
On Tuesday morning, Clinton secured the endorsement of House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California, who noted Clinton's career devoted to children and working families.
"In this campaign, we have seen her vision, her knowledge, her ability, indeed her stamina, to get the job done for the American people," Pelosi said in a statement. […]
"According to the news, we are on the brink of a historic, historic, unprecedented moment," Clinton told a rally in Long Beach, California, shortly after the AP report.
"But we still have work to do, don't we? We have six elections tomorrow and we're going to fight hard for every single vote, especially right here in California."
That echoes a Clinton tweet immediately following the announcement from the news outlets, "We’re flattered, @AP, but we've got primaries to win. CA, MT, NM, ND, NJ, SD, vote tomorrow!" A Sanders campaign spokesman echoed that, saying that the call from AP and NBC was a "rush to judgment." For its part, the Democratic National Committee has "echoed the Sanders campaign, saying the superdelegates should not be counted until they actually vote at the Philadelphia convention."