ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris is preparing her final fall campaign blitz on behalf of other Democrats, completing a mid-term schedule which, on Election Day, will have taken her to several early presidential primary states on Democrats’ 2028 timetable as the former vice president weighs whether to run for the White House again.
Spanning Oct. 21-30, Harris’ expanded closing period will now include New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Mississippi, as well as a virtual event in Florida, according to a schedule her office first shared with The Associated Press. Harris had already announced stops at the end of October in Georgia and Nevada.
Harris has said in several recent interviews that she is working to help Democrats win in November. But she does not rule out a new presidential campaign after losing the 2024 general election to Donald Trump.
“For the past twenty months, the American people have struggled because of the cruelty and corruption of this current administration,” Harris wrote Wednesday in a fundraising email to donors, asking them to support her travels through her Fight for The People PAC. “Now is the time for us to be ruthless in meeting citizens’ expectations: on affordability, fighting corruption and making our voices heard. »
Her late October tour focuses on candidates for governor and U.S. senator, including duos that place the first Black woman to serve as vice president alongside potential candidates. candidates who will make history.
Harris will start Oct. 21 in Nevada with Aaron Ford, the state’s first black attorney general who will be the state’s first black governor, and other candidates. She will also meet members of the Culinary Workers Union. Nevada is hosting the second race for the 2028 presidential nomination, after South Carolina.
On October 22, she will be in Mississippi with Scott Colomwho would be the state’s first black U.S. senator since Reconstruction after the Civil War. Colom has recently begun to attract more attention from national Democrats as he takes on Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
From Mississippi, Harris will travel to New Hampshire on October 24 to campaign with Senate candidate Chris Pappas and participate in a discussion on reproductive care and abortion rights. As vice president, Harris was the chairman of the Biden White House. prominent advocate of abortion rightsnotably during the 2022 midterm campaign. New Hampshire comes third in the order of the Democratic primaries for 2028.
Harris and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate David Crowley will campaign together on October 26. Harris will conclude with a three-day trip to Georgia beginning October 28. Senator Jon Ossoffattend voter protection events and speak October 30 at the Fulton County Democratic Party’s annual gala in Atlanta.
While in Georgia, Harris will headline a virtual organizing event with Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon, who will be her state’s first Black U.S. senator. This will place Harris, from the liberal Democratic establishment, alongside one of the party’s most progressive candidates. A state lawmaker, Nixon identifies as a democratic socialist and enjoys the support of many left-wing activists who, in 2024, have criticized Harris as too moderate.
The itinerary follows in-person and online campaign appearances and fundraisers, as well as voter protection and event planning that Harris helped lead, including for the Democratic National Committee. Most recently, Harris was in Michigan for campaign for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed – another notable progressive Democratic candidate – and speaks at an NAACP event.
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