Harris campaign staff said they have recruited 170,000 new volunteers since last Sunday and will hold 2,300 events this weekend to mobilize grassroots supporters. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), who is being seriously considered as Harris' running mate, began canvassing in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, while Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, another possible vice presidential candidate, rallied supporters in St. Paul, Minnesota, to drum up enthusiasm for Harris's campaign.
Harris quickly swept aside other front-runners and garnered enough support from Democratic delegates to clinch the nomination on Monday night, according to The Associated Press' delegate tracker. She secured a string of key endorsements, including from Barack and Michelle Obama, and she's now in the midst of an intense search for a running mate, with the intention of deciding by Aug. 7, when the party is set to effectively nominate its nominee.
The vice president was at a fundraiser in Massachusetts' Berkshire countryside on Saturday that was expected to raise $1.4 million for the campaign, according to one organizer. Harris told the crowd that Trump and his associates have told “outrageous lies” about her record. “Some of the things he and his running mate are saying are just bizarre,” Harris said to laughter at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. “That's the box you put it in.”
A new national survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal found that 49% of voters supported Trump and 47% supported Harris, within the margin of error. A new Fox News poll of battleground states found Trump and Harris statistically tied in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, with Harris leading by 6 points in Minnesota.
