Kamala Harris Has Officially Announced That She Will Run in the U.S. Presidential Election

On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris will go to Wisconsin, a crucial battleground state, where she will embark on her first campaign trail appearance since emerging as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. She’s supposed to speak in Milwaukee in the middle of the day. Since Sunday afternoon, when President Biden declared he was withdrawing from the race, the campaign claims to have raised over $100 million.

Kamala Harris posted on her X account, “I’m Kamala Harris, I’m running for president of the United States”. Thus confirming the reports.

During an occasion honoring collegiate athletes on Monday, Harris delivered her first public statements since the announcement at the White House. She praised Mr. Biden’s “service to his nation” and expressed her “deep, profound gratitude,” describing his legacy as “unmatched in modern history.” Harris rallied the team on Monday by stopping by the Wilmington campaign office. With Democrats’ fundraising for political campaigns having lagged since Joe Biden’s disastrous debate with Donald Trump last month, the announcement on Monday by the Democratic political action committee Future Forward PAC that it had raised $150 million was astounding.

Although Democratic leaders Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and current Speaker Hakeem Jeffries have not yet endorsed Harris, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, still one of the most prominent Democrats in Washington, gave her her endorsement on Monday, marking a significant turning point.

Several other governors who were regarded as Harris’ main competitors for the nomination, such as Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, endorsed the 59-year-old former senator and state attorney general from California. Despite his endorsement, Mr. Biden does not designate a winner in this election. The Democratic Party’s presidential nominee will be chosen by the delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Weeks before the convention, which is scheduled to start in Chicago on August 19, Democrats are anticipated to hold the roll-call vote that officially certifies the nomination in early August.