Harris to visit Wilmington for campaign after Biden drops out
Vice President Harris on Monday will travel to Wilmington, Del., the home of the campaign headquarters that previously belonged to President Biden’s reelection campaign.
The trip will take place at 3:10 p.m., and her office said it is for a campaign engagement. It will be Harris’s first campaign engagement since Biden dropped his 2024 bid on Sunday and endorsed Harris, who said in a statement that she planned to “earn and win” the Democratic presidential nomination.
Biden named Wilmington, which is where he keeps a home, the headquarters for his reelection effort. Biden’s 2020 campaign was headquartered in Philadelphia. Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, keep a home in California.
The campaign was renamed "Harris for President" as of Sunday. And, Biden campaign staff have changed their affiliation to the Harris campaign in communications with media.
The vice president raised nearly $50 million in grassroots donations in the hours after Biden stepped aside and backed her. Harris worked the phones on Sunday, calling more than 100 party leaders, members of Congress, governors, labor leaders and civil rights groups.
Harris has not yet had any challengers to her bid for the nomination. Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) said earlier on Monday said he is not running for office after reports surfaced the day before that he was considering reregistering as a Democrat to run against Harris.
Many prominent Democrats endorsed her on Sunday and Monday, including Govs. Andy Beshear (D-Ky.), Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) and Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.).
Harris shared on X that she is going to say "hello" to staff at the headquarters.