Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Pennsylvania for the first time next Tuesday as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. She will be accompanied by her yet-to-be-named vice presidential running mate, Harris’ campaign confirmed.
“Next week, Vice President Harris and her eventual vice presidential running mate will crisscross the country to campaign with voters who will decide the outcome of this election, including a stop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,” a Harris campaign representative told the Capital-Star.
He was the first to provide this information. Political.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is believed to be on Harris’ shortlist to run as vice president, but he declined to comment, referring all questions to the Harris campaign. Harris became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee after President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid on July 21 and endorsed her.
Harris has already secured commitments from enough state delegates to secure the nomination, which is expected to be officially announced at the Democratic National Convention next month, or perhaps even sooner.
In the brief time since Biden withdrew, Shapiro has supported Harris at campaign events across the state, including in Carlisle on Saturday and at a rally in Montgomery County on Monday.
He was joined on Monday by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who had been rumored to be Harris’ vice presidential candidate herself but said she would he had no plans to apply for a higher positionCNBC reported that Shapiro be in the Hamptons on Sunday in upstate New York to meet with wealthy donors.
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, will be in Harrisburg on Wednesday for his first campaign rally in Pennsylvania since he was wounded in the July 13 attack in Butler. Trump named U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio as his vice presidential candidate on July 15, and both have campaigned in key battleground states for the past two weeks.
Vance is not expected to appear at the Harrisburg rally, but GOP U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick, who also attended the Butler rally, will be present. Vance has not campaigned in Pennsylvania since being officially elected vice president.
Politico reported Tuesday that in addition to Philadelphia, Harris will campaign with her vice presidential candidate in Wisconsin, Detroit, Raleigh, Savannah, Phoenix and Las Vegas next week.
Questionnaire A Susquehanna poll released Tuesday showed Harris leading Trump by 4 percentage points in Pennsylvania, 47% to 43%. Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had 3% support in the poll conducted between July 22 and 28.
With 19 electoral votes, Pennsylvania is the biggest prize of any battleground state and is seen as crucial to winning the presidency. Harris last visited the Keystone State on July 13 appearance in Philadelphiato address the APIAVote (Asian Pacific Islander American Islanders) Presidential Conference.
Biden defeated Trump in Pennsylvania in 2020 by just over 80,000 votes.
