Harris campaign advisers said they have recruited 170,000 new volunteers since last Sunday and held 2,300 events to mobilize grassroots supporters this weekend. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), who is being seriously considered as Harris’ running mate, held a canvassing event Saturday in Carlisle, Pa., while Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, another potential vice presidential contender, rallied supporters in St. Paul, Minn., to drum up enthusiasm for Harris’s effort.
Harris quickly eliminated serious competition and secured enough Democratic delegates to clinch the nomination Monday night, according to the Associated Press delegate tracker. She has won a series of key endorsements, including from Barack and Michelle Obama. And she is now in the midst of an intensive search for a running mate — a decision she plans to make before Aug. 7, when the national party expects to have virtually chosen a ticket.
The vice president attended a fundraiser in the Berkshires, Massachusetts, on Saturday that was expected to raise $1.4 million for the campaign, according to one organizer. She told the crowd that Trump and his allies had resorted to “outrageous lies” about his record: “Some of the things he and his running mate are saying are just bizarre,” Harris said, to laughter from the crowd at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. “That’s the box you put that in.”
A new national Wall Street Journal poll found that 49% of registered voters said they supported Trump and 47% supported Harris, which is still within the margin of error. New Fox News polls in key states showed Trump and Harris statistically tied in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Harris led by six points in Minnesota.
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