Hillary Clinton was formally named the Democratic nominee for president at her party’s convention in Philadelphia Tuesday, making her the first woman ever to top a major party’s ticket for the White House.
The former senator and secretary of state locked up the necessary delegates to become the nominee in early June, but it wasn’t until Tuesday’s roll call vote by the party’s state delegations that her nomination against Republican Donald Trump became official and history was made, reported The Huffington Post.
Clinton has chosen Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) as her running mate.
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