2024: Kamala Harris becomes the second woman

In August 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris became the second woman, first Black woman, and first South Asian person to be a major party's presidential nominee when she earned the requisite votes of the Democratic National Committee on August 6, 2024. Harris became the nominee after incumbent President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, dropped his bid for re-election and endorsed Harris on July 21, 2024.