former president obama Vice President Harris is preparing to launch her campaign campaign next week, focusing on key battleground states before Election Day, according to a senior campaign official who declined to discuss the matter.
Obama, who served consecutive terms as president from 2009 to 2017, will launch his campaign on Thursday in the Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania, a state that remains one of the most tightly contested in the country and that could tip the scales. Is. Either candidate.
This was revealed in a Fox News poll of Pennsylvania voters last week Harris leads by slight margin Trump leads by 2 points (50-48%) among registered voters, while the race is tied at 49% among likely voters. President Biden won the state by more than 80,000 votes in 2020.
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Former President Obama speaks during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on August 20. Obama is preparing to campaign for Vice President Harris next week, and is focusing on key battleground states ahead of the election. Day. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Eric Schultz, a senior adviser to President Obama, told Fox News that the 44th president is committed to helping Harris and other Democrats get elected.
“President Obama believes the stakes of this election couldn’t be more consequential, and that’s why he’s doing everything he can to help elect Vice President Harris, Governor Walz and Democrats across the country,” Schultz said. Making possible efforts.”
“Their goal is to win the White House, retain the U.S. Senate, and take back the House of Representatives. Now that voting has begun, our focus is on persuading and mobilizing voters, especially in states with key races. There are many races that have the potential to go down to the wire and nothing should be taken lightly.”
Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama officially endorsed Harris for president five days later in July President Biden Ended his 2024 re-election bid with a blockbuster announcement.
President Obama courted Harris at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August, saying she was “ready for the job.”
Obama said, “It’s up to all of us to fight for the America we believe in.” “And make no mistake: This will be a fight.”
“This is a man who has spent his life fighting on behalf of people who need a voice and a champion. Kamala was not born privileged. She had to work for what she got, and she really I care about what other people are going through.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris will take the stage on August 22, the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (Reuters/Mike Sager)
The senior campaign official says Harris and Obama’s friendship goes back 20 years when they met while campaigning for the Senate in Illinois. According to the official, Harris was an early supporter of his 2008 presidential campaign and even knocked on doors for him in Iowa before the caucuses.
Last month, former President Obama headlined a fundraiser for Harris, raising $4 million, according to the Washington Post.
According to Schultz, his fundraising efforts on his behalf so far have raised $76 million, according to the outlet.
Schultz says President Obama will sign additional fundraising emails in the coming weeks, record candidate-specific ads and robocalls for down-ballot races and travel the country for a coordinated “get out the vote” effort.
Harris’ campaign is being led by Jen O’Malley Dillon Harris, a veteran of two Obama campaigns who also managed the president Biden’s 2020 campaign and created its 2024 operation from the White House.
Other former Obama advisers on the Harris team include David Plouffe, who was Obama’s presidential campaign manager in 2008 and a senior aide during his re-election victory in 2012.
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Vice President Kamala Harris, left, arrives at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, on Thursday to speak at a campaign event with former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., right. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Harris campaigned on Thursday in battleground Wisconsin, where she Campaigned with former Republican Representative Liz Cheney,
Meanwhile, Trump’s schedule is scheduled Return to Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday For a campaign event. This will be Butler’s first return since the July 13 assassination attempt.
During a rally in Mint Hill, North Carolina, on Wednesday, Trump said he wanted to return to the venue to “finish his speech.”
Reuters contributed to this report.
