Harris-Walz Ticket Aims to Lock In Post-Biden Momentum at High-Stakes Chicago Convention

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Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota governor Tim Walz attend a campaign event in Eau Claire, Wis., August 7, 2024.

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Chicago — Democrats descending on the Windy City for this week’s Democratic National Convention are optimistic that if all goes as planned, their new presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, could get another boost of momentum to sustain her well into September.

With Joe Biden out of the race, Democrats are giddy now that his vice president has given them a reason to feel electorally optimistic again. But the stakes of this week’s confab in Chicago are high. A successful convention would likely provide Harris with another week of glowing media coverage to help her continue to run up her battleground-state polling numbers against Republican Donald Trump, who has struggled to find his footing after the race was reconfigured.

Audrey Fahlberg

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Audrey Fahlberg was a politics reporter for National Review.

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