Ira L. Blac/Getty ImagesTammy Murphy, the first lady of New Jersey, announced on Sunday that she was suspending her Senate primary campaign “after many busy, invigorating and, yes, challenging months.” Her exit means that the Democratic nomination will likely be given to her only major opponent in the race, Rep. Andy Kim.Murphy invoked Kim in a video statement posted on social media explaining her decision, but did not directly name or endorse him. Instead, she said that she believed continuing
President Joe Biden’s path to unofficially clinching the Democratic nomination this year was much shorter and less dramatic than the one he followed in 2020, thanks to a Democratic electorate that still overwhelmingly picked him to top the party's ticket in November despite persistent concerns about his age. The Associated Press declared Biden the presumptive nominee at 7:16 p.m. EDT Tuesday, after he won the Georgia primary and at least 100 of its 108 delegates, enough to put him above the 1,968 needed to lock up the nomination. Earlier in the day, Biden won six delegates from the Northern Mariana Islands.
Joe Biden has secured the Democratic nomination ahead of November’s presidential election, clinching the required delegates with a victory in Georgia on Tuesday night.