Rep. John Lewis and Sen. Barbara Mikulski set to officially nominate Hillary Clinton
PHILADELPHIA _ A civil rights icon, the longest-serving woman in Congress and an Iraq war veteran are set to officially nominate Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presidential nominee.
U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia and Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland will be joined by Na'ilah Amaru in officially nominating Clinton on Tuesday night, according to her campaign.
The historic moment at the Democratic National Convention will mark the first time a woman will hold the title of presidential nominee of a major party.
Lewis, who in the 1960s marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. in the fight for equal rights for blacks, was a staunch supporter of Clinton throughout the Democratic primary.
Mikulski, who was first elected to the House in 1977 before moving over to the Senate in 1987, has been lauded by Clinton for her work in Congress. The two served together when Clinton was in the Senate from 2001 to 2009.
Amaru, according to the campaign, won an online contest among supporters and is an immigrant and adjunct professor who served in Iraq. She was adopted by a lesbian couple.
_Los Angeles Times
