Vice President Kamala Harris (D) is expected to announce her choice for running mate in the 2024 Presidential election Monday to face former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump and his running mate Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.
Harris is expected to become the official democratic nominee Monday night.
The Harris campaign last week said a tour of seven key battle ground states will follow the announcement which is set to start in Philadelphia and stretch across the country with stops in western Wisconsin; Detroit; Raleigh, North Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; Phoenix and Las Vegas, according to her campaign.
Since her first visit is to a battleground state, it would seem her decision will be made on Monday. Since Pennsylvania is a swing state, the decision to first visit Philadelphia is two-fold, it could signify Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to be the running mate or it could strictly be visiting the vote-rich city that started it all in 1776. The rally will be held at Temple University’s Liacouras Center in North Philadelphia with a time as yet to be announced.
Shapiro canceled weekend plans as did some of the others on Harris’ short list, AP News reported.
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An unofficial survey of state Democratic operatives conducted over the last 36 hours by Lower Bucks Source was unclear about who Harris would choose to her running mate. One highly placed state official who is involved in the now elect Harris effort said they are assuming Shapiro is the choice due to the first campaign rally event taking place in Philadelphia.
A second well placed Pennsylvania election source said there’s a lot of misdirection going on out there in the ether right now.
“It reminds me of the final week leading up the NFL draft” where teams are known to put out information designed to misdirect other teams.
“The campaign wants the Trump team on its toes and leaning” was the opinion of the state source,
