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Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic Party nomination for US president after reaching the required number of delegates, according to AP. | Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic Party nomination for US president after reaching the required number of delegates, according to AP. |
The news agency's tally puts Mrs Clinton on 2,383 - the number needed to make her the presumptive nominee. | The news agency's tally puts Mrs Clinton on 2,383 - the number needed to make her the presumptive nominee. |
She will become the first female nominee for a major US political party. | |
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, her rival for the nomination, said he intended to stay in the race until the party's convention in July. | Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, her rival for the nomination, said he intended to stay in the race until the party's convention in July. |
Mrs Clinton reached the threshold with a big win in Puerto Rico and a burst of last-minute support from party insiders called superdelegates, AP said. | Mrs Clinton reached the threshold with a big win in Puerto Rico and a burst of last-minute support from party insiders called superdelegates, AP said. |
Analysis, by Katty Kay, presenter, BBC World News | |
It has taken a long 227 years to get even this far. | |
George Washington was elected president of a newly independent America in 1789. Forty-four men later (43 of them white) Hillary Clinton makes history today by being the first female nominee for the White House. | |
So why don't I feel more excited? | |
The lack of exuberance may come from the fact that this has all been going on for so long. | |
We've really been reworking a version of the "first viable female candidate for the presidency" story since 20 January 2007, the first time Hillary Clinton declared her candidacy for the White House. | |
We're exhausted. We've run out of superlatives. We've overused every anecdote from the former first lady, former senator, former secretary's well-covered life. | |
A woman president would be new, Hillary Clinton is not. | |
Why aren't we more excited about Clinton? | |
At an appearance in Long Beach, California, shortly after the news broke, she said: "We are on the brink of a historic and unprecedented moment but we still have work to do. | At an appearance in Long Beach, California, shortly after the news broke, she said: "We are on the brink of a historic and unprecedented moment but we still have work to do. |
"We have six elections tomorrow and we're gonna fight hard for every single vote, especially right here in California." | "We have six elections tomorrow and we're gonna fight hard for every single vote, especially right here in California." |
Voters will go the polls for Democratic primaries tomorrow in California, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and New Jersey. | |
Superdelegates pledge their support for a candidate ahead of the convention but do not formally vote for them until the convention itself. | Superdelegates pledge their support for a candidate ahead of the convention but do not formally vote for them until the convention itself. |
The nominee for either party is not officially named until the parties' respective conventions. | The nominee for either party is not officially named until the parties' respective conventions. |
Mr Sanders' campaign team said the Vermont senator would attempt to win back superdelegates who have pledged their support to Mrs Clinton. | Mr Sanders' campaign team said the Vermont senator would attempt to win back superdelegates who have pledged their support to Mrs Clinton. |
Mr Sanders' spokesman Michael Briggs said that calling the Democratic contest before the superdelegates formally vote at the convention was a "rush to judgment". | Mr Sanders' spokesman Michael Briggs said that calling the Democratic contest before the superdelegates formally vote at the convention was a "rush to judgment". |
"Our job from now until the convention is to convince those superdelegates that Bernie is by far the strongest candidate against Donald Trump," he said. | |
Mrs Clinton, a former secretary of state, New York senator and first lady, leads Mr Sanders by three million votes, 291 pledged delegates and 523 superdelegates, according to AP's count. | |
She won 29 caucuses and primaries to his 21 victories. | |
That gives her a significantly greater lead over Mr Sanders than Barack Obama had over her in 2008 - he led by 131 pledged delegates and 105 superdelegates at the point he clinched the nomination. |