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Kamala Harris to Campaign with Michigan Senate Nominee Abdul El-Sayed
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In Short: Vice President Kamala Harris is set to campaign with Michigan's Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, marking their first joint public appearance since her endorsement.
Harris and El-Sayed will attend a roundtable focused on black maternal health on Tuesday, according to El-Sayed's campaign spokesperson. The event is part of a series of efforts to highlight El-Sayed's progressive policies and appeal to key demographics.
Harris and El-Sayed have talked multiple times since she endorsed him after his August primary victory. Their first joint public appearance is aimed at boosting El-Sayed's campaign and uniting the party behind him.
What's still developing
- Andy Haldane, who has advised Burnham on the economy, claimed financial markets had grown wary of his economic plans and now considered his premiership a "traditional tax and spend socialist government".
- “Vice President Harris looks forward to returning to Michigan to help turn out the vote in this critical state,” Negrón said in a statement.
- A survey conducted for the Detroit News and WDIV-TV showed Rogers at 45.8 percent to El-Sayed’s 44.4 percent, reversing earlier surveys that had put the Democrat ahead.
- “Dr. Abdul El-Sayed understands that the power is with the people, and that the stakes couldn’t be higher in this election,” Harris said at the time.
- Harris is stepping in as Democrats fight to keep the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Gary Peters, one of several races that could tip control of the Senate.
- The former vice president heads to Michigan to campaign for El-Sayed as national Democrats work to unite behind him.
- El-Sayed is a physician who once ran the health departments in Detroit and Wayne County.
- Harris spokesperson Eduardo Negrón framed the visit as a turnout play in a state Democrats cannot afford to lose.
Sources
- Fox Newslink