U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has not formally conceded after former U.S. president and Republican nominee Donald Trump claimed victory on Wednesday.
The race was called by the Associated Press around 5:30 a.m. ET, when Trump received more than the 270 electoral votes required to win the presidency.
Harris spent election night in Washington, D.C. at Howard University, a historically Black institution, where Harris graduated from in 1986. Her supporters gathered together outside and watched as election results came in live on television. As Trump’s impending victory became clearer, the mood shifted with some supporters crying as they left, ABC News reported.
After Trump won Georgia, Senior Democratic Party aide Cedric Richmond addressed the crowd in a video broadcasted by CNBC.
“You won’t hear from the vice president tonight,” he said. “But you will hear from her tomorrow.”
Did Kalama Harris concede?
In an American presidential election, the conceding candidate often gives a speech and makes a call to the victor after the race is called. Although it is not an official requirement, it is a tradition that “often signals a peaceful transition of power and offers clarity to supporters once the electoral votes are counted,” per USA Today.
As of Wednesday morning, Harris has not conceded. She has not made any public remarks since news outlets called the race.
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