Vice President Kamala Harris will hold a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, the first rally since launching her bid for the presidency.
Harris announced her presidential campaign Sunday night, shortly after President Biden announced he was suspending his re-election effort. The president subsequently endorsed Harris.
On Monday, Harris secured enough delegates for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, although the Democratic National Convention formally selecting the party’s nominee will not be held until next month in Chicago.
The rally in Milwaukee will be Harris’ ninth visit to Wisconsin since she was sworn in as vice president in 2021 and her fifth visit to the state so far this year, according to her campaign.
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Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign stop on May 15, 2019, in Nashua, New Hampshire. (Getty Images)
“We’re proud to welcome Vice President Harris to Wisconsin, a state she once called home, where she will rally excited supporters after announcing her presidential campaign,” the Harris campaign’s Wisconsin Communications Director Brianna Johnson said in a press release.
Every major Democratic elected leader in Wisconsin has endorsed Harris’ presidential campaign, according to her campaign. This includes Gov. Tony Evers and every Democratic statewide elected official, Sen. Tammy Baldwin and U.S. Reps. Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan, both state legislative Democratic leaders, the mayors of Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay and other cities across the state, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and more than 90% of Wisconsin delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
Democrats established a coordinated campaign in Wisconsin to support Harris’ White House bid, according to Johnson. There are 48 coordinated offices across 43 counties throughout the state with about 160 full-time staffers on the ground who have already started knocking on doors, making phone calls and…
