US Vice President Kamala Harris is moving swiftly to lock up the Democratic party nomination for President after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.

As per the media reports, Harris had picked the endorsements from over 179 of the Congressional Democrats and 23 Democratic Governors, so far.

According to party rules, she needs to win the support of 3,000 of the 3,900 party delegates who will attend the convention and elect a nominee.

The party intends to start a virtual voting process over the next two weeks to go with the convention with one candidate for presidential nominee, Harris.

The Biden for President campaign has been renamed Harris for President campaign and according to news reports, donations are pouring in from a re-energised party base and donors, who had pulled in recent days as the party pressured Biden to step aside and make way for a different candidate.

The Harris campaign has raised 50 million dollars in the hours since her elevation to the top of the ticket following the president’s exit.