LISTEN: Thursday evening, Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted her party’s nomination for president. Meanwhile, Georgia Democrats cheered her on in an Atlanta watch party. GPB's Sarah Kallis reports. 

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Democrats in Georgia cheered on Vice President Harris as she accepted her party's nomination at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday.

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Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted her party’s nomination as candidate for president at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday evening. Meanwhile, a watch party in Atlanta cheered her on. 

Over 100 Georgia Democrats gathered in downtown Atlanta to watch the vice president speak as the first Black and Asian woman to accept a major party .

Harris focused on her background as a prosecutor and her childhood, while laying out her policies on the economy, immigration, abortion, and conflict in the Middle East.

Alphonso Buiy lives in Lithonia and attended the watch party. He said the energy and excitement reminds him of 2008.

"It feels like when Obama ran, and just being in Chicago at the time, just the energy, it's back," he said. "And I think people have a sense of hope. And that's what we needed. A sense of hope. Someone who can really get the job done, who isn't out just for themselves and their select group of friends.” 

Buiy was not the only one feeling the excitement. Supporters waved pom-poms and cheered throughout the speech. Barrington Edwards said he was moved by the energy in the room. 

"I think we're living in a moment now that, in some respects, is beyond us because it's so incredibly supercharged," he said. "And I'm excited. I'm excited for the future of the country. I'm excited that the the course has been corrected, as it were. And I think she can do it."

Kiana Nelson attended the watch party. She is a Georgia State University alum, and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, of which Harris is also a member.

"I'm just so excited to get a part of this campaign and galvanize all the rest of my sorority sisters in support of our great sister, Kamala Harris," she said. 

Republicans formally nominated former President Donald Trump at their party's convention in July. 

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