Kamala Harris earns enough delegate support to become Democratic nominee

Support of California delegation puts vice-president over threshold needed when party meets at Chicago convention

More Democrats come out for Harris - live

Kamala Harris has said she is looking forward to formally accepting the [presidential] nomination" of the Democratic party after she earned enough support from delegates including hundreds from her native California.

When I announced my campaign for President, I said I intended to go out and earn this nomination," she said in a statement late Monday.