The path ahead is neither easy nor obvious, even with Biden endorsing Harris.
FILE – President Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, July 14, 2024. With Biden ending his reelection bid and endorsing Harris, Democrats now must navigate a shift that is unprecedented this late in an election year. Democrats are set to hold their convention in Chicago in August.
On a call with the Biden campaign staff Sunday, Jen O’Malley Dillon, the Biden campaign chair, and Julie Chavez Rodriguez, the Biden campaign manager, informed the staff members that they were all now working for Harris for President, according to two people who listened to the call. “We’re all going to do it the same,” Chavez Rodriguez said.
An emerging favorite is North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Southern moderate who works with a Republican legislature and has joined Harris in attacking Republicans over abortion rights restrictions. Harris got to know Cooper when they were both attorneys general of their states. The vice president traveled to North Carolina on Thursday to hold a campaign rally with Cooper.Another candidate mentioned is Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who won a second term in a conservative state last year.
Harris has also promoted Kirsten Allen, who worked on Harris’s short-lived 2020 presidential campaign, from press secretary to communications director. Stephanie Young joined Harris’ staff last year as a senior adviser focused on outreach and messaging from her role working with a voting rights organization founded by Michelle Obama.Harris has relied on Democratic operatives, donors and lawmakers she has worked with in her previous roles for advice.
But Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said in an interview that there would not be an open convention and that the Democratic Party would unite around Harris. He was co-chair for Harris’ 2020 campaign, and she swore him in as mayor of Long Beach, California. “I echo the good judgment he demonstrated in selecting Vice President Harris to lead this nation alongside him,” Clyburn said in a statement, “and I am proud to follow his lead in support of her candidacy to succeed him as the Democratic Party’s 2024 nominee for president.”
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