Vice President Kamala Harris will get in the way of the campaign next week alongside California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who clashed just days before the Sept. 14 deadline for the mail-out election. electronic that could snatch the Democrat from power in Sacramento.
The veep’s visit to the San Francisco Bay Area, confirmed Saturday by Harris spokeswoman Symone Sanders is a replacement for a rally that Harris was forced to cancel following last week’s horrific terrorist attack on U.S. troops at Kabul airport.
The halt of the campaign points to Democrats ’continued concern about Newsom’s chances, despite Golden State Gold’s intense blue electorate.
California Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly two to one, but voter reaction to the governor’s pandemic restrictions has been growing.
Harris, a California native who won state elections in the U.S. Senate and served as state attorney general, will be the most promising Democrat to reach the rush on behalf of Newsom. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Was due to appear with him Saturday in Los Angeles.
But Harris ’own popularity has been dwindling in recent weeks, leaving some Dems worried he could do more harm than good if put on the party candidates’ track.