Vice President Harris, Gov. Walz, and campaign surrogates are slated to hold an Election-eve “Vote for Freedom” rally blitz in battleground states across the country. 

Harris will appear at rallies in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Oprah Winfrey will join Harris in Philadelphia and Andra Day in Pittsburgh. 

Walz will appear in Detriot and Milwaukee. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will join Walz in Detroit in addition to Jon Bon Jovi. 

A rally in Raleigh, North Carolina will feature James Taylor, Remi Wolf, and Sugarland. In Las Vegas, Christina Aguilera will headline. In addition, rallies will be held in Atlanta and Phoenix.

Beyoncé appeared alongside Vice President Harris at a rally in Houston on Oct. 26. 

“I’m not here as a celebrity. I’m not here as a politician,” Beyoncé said. “I’m here as a mother … who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in.”

When Harris announced her campaign in July, Beyoncé gave the campaign permission to use her hit song “Freedom” on the campaign trail. 

“We’re all part of something much bigger,” Beyoncé said. “We must vote.” 

She continued that it is time for America to “sing a new song.” 

“Our voices sing a chorus of unity. They sing a song of dignity and opportunity,” she said. “are y’all ready to add your voice to the new American song?” 

Vice President Harris has raised more than $1 billion since entering the 2024 presidential race in July. This includes funds from the Harris campaign committee in addition to a joint fundraising committee that splits money between the Harris campaign, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and state parties.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney appeared at a rally with Vice President Harris in Ripon, Wis., the city where the Republican party was founded. 

Cheney said she will “proudly” cast her vote for Harris in November, revealing that she has never voted for a Democrat. She established a stark contrast between Harris and Trump by invoking the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. 

“Donald Trump was willing to sacrifice our Capitol, to allow law enforcement officers to be beaten and brutalized in his name, and to violate the law and the Constitution in order to seize power for himself,” Cheney said. “I don’t care if you are a Democrat or Republican or an independent, that is depravity and we must never become numb to it.”

Taylor Swift endorsed Vice President Harris following the Sept. 11 presidential debate, while debunking an AI video claiming she endorsed former President Trump. 

“Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight. If you haven’t already, now is a great time to do your research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter to you the most. As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies and plans for this country,” she said.

“Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site,” Swift said on Instagram. “The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.”

Swift referred to Harris as a “warrior” who will fight for rights and causes on the line in November. 

“I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos,” Swift added. 

Swift urged all Americans to check their voter registration status and their research on the candidates. 

She ended her post “With love and hope, Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady.”

Vice President Harris and former President Trump participated in their first presidential debate on Sept. 11 at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. 

Trump called Harris a “Marxist” and said she will take people’s guns away. Harris touted the endorsement of former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Rep. Liz Cheney, two prominent Republicans. She additionally mentioned that she and Gov. Walz are both gun owners. 

Harris additionally worked to distinguish herself from President Biden, while Trump tried to link the two. 

“Clearly, I am not Joe Biden, and I am certainly not Donald Trump. And what I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country,” Harris said.

For more in-depth coverage of the Sept. 11 presidential debate, click here.

The 2024 Democratic National Convention begins on Monday night in Chicago.

View the Beacon’s in-depth coverage of the DNC here. 

Vice President Kamala Harris leads former President Donald Trump in an August 2024 survey conducted by Emerson College Polling, the first since President Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race. 

Harris leads Trump 50% to 46%, with 5% of voters undecided in the presidential matchup. With third-party candidates in consideration, Harris continues to lead Trump by four points, 48% to 44%, with an additional 4% of respondents supporting Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 

Governor Tim Walz (D) and Senator JD Vance (R) both received 39% approval ratings, while 39% of voters disapproved of Walz and 49% of Vance. 22% of respondents said they never heard of Walz, whereas 12% never heard of Vance.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz concluded a battleground blitz during their first week as the Democratic ticket at a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Rep. Dina Titus, who served with Walz on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, recalled that he prioritized addressing veteran suicide and disability responses, among other veteran-related issues. Prior to being a member of Congress, Walz served in the Army National Guard for 24 years. 

Senator Jackie Rosen referred to Walz as a “bipartisan” member of Congress and Governor of Minnesota. 

“He knows how to bring together Democrats and Republicans to get the job done,” Rosen said. “Our country is at its best when we stand united.” 

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto previously served as Nevada’s attorney general, where she engaged with then-Attorney General Harris. 

“Kamala Harris understands the [American] Dream,” Cortez Masto said. “Showing up for all Americans, that’s Kamala Harris. Standing up for justice, that’s Kamala Harris.”

Harris highlighted her record as attorney general of California, where she took on price-fixing schemes throughout the state. She pledged to continue that work as president to bring down prices for American families. 

“I will take on big corporations that engage in illegal price gouging, corporate landlords that unfairly raise rents on working families, and take on Big Pharma to cap the cost of prescription drugs for all Americans,” Harris said. 

Harris also emphasized the need to combat the issue of immigration, contrasting herself with former President Donald Trump. 

“We know our immigration system is broken and we know what it takes to fix it: comprehensive border security and an earned path to citizenship,” Harris said. “Donald Trump does not want to fix the problem. He talks a big game about border security but he does not walk the walk.”

Harris further contrasted herself with Trump by labeling him as a threat to American democracy.

“Let us be very clear: someone who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seal of the President of the United States,” Harris said. 

Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, has endorsed Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 presidential election.

George Floyd’s murder gripped the nation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, when a Minneapolis, Minn. police officer knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd’s murder sparked nationwide protests and marches demanding criminal justice reform and racial justice.

Walz served as the governor of Minn. at the time of Floyd’s murder. Philonise Floyd says that Walz’s commitment to accountability and justice in the wake of his brother’s murder makes him fit to be the next vice president of the United States.

“[Walz is] built for this,” Philonise Floyd said. “He’s built for this fight that he’s going to go through and I think he can do it.”

The Harris-Walz campaign held a rally in Glendale, Arizona on Fri., Aug. 9, with the Republican Mayor of Mesa, Ariz., John Giles headlining the event.

Giles endorsed Harris on July 30, and serves as co-chair of a task force targeting Republican voters in the state on Harris’s behalf.

In his initial endorsement, Giles implied  that Mesa could not afford a second Trump presidency. He echoed similar sentiments to members of his party while speaking to the crowd in Glendale.

“I don’t recognize my party anymore. Let me send a message to my friends in the political middle,” Giles said. “You don’t owe a damned thing to that party…it’s time to vote for the adults in the room, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.”

Harris and Walz took the stage at 8:00 p.m. EST.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have agreed to a Sept. 10 debate on ABC News.

Trump was participating in a press conference at Mar-a-Lago when ABC confirmed that both campaigns agreed to the debate terms.

According to ABC, Trump was initially scheduled to debate Biden on the same day, but had since implied that he would not debate Harris in the same format after Biden dropped out of the presidential race.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz are scheduled to hold rallies across battleground states throughout their first official week as the Democratic ticket for president and vice president.

The two are slated to appear in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and Detroit Michigan, on Thursday, Aug. 7. They will then travel to Phoenix, Arizona on Aug. 9, and Las Vegas, Nevada on Aug. 10.

The campaign rescheduled its Aug. 8 appearance in Raleigh, North Carolina due to Tropical Storm Betty.

While Senator JD Vance plans to visit the same states, former President Trump’s only scheduled event is a rally in Bozeman, Montana on Aug. 9.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz held their first rally as the Democratic ticket on Tuesday at the Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Harris and Walz walked on stage to “Freedom” by Beyoncé and took to the podium soon thereafter.

Harris emphasized that she set out to find a partner who could help build a better future for America ever since she announced her candidacy.

“I set out to find a leader who will unite a nation and will help move us forward, a fighter for the middle class, a patriot who believes as I do in the extraordinary promise of America,” Harris said. “I am here today because I have found that leader in Governor Tim Walz of the great state of Minnesota.”

Walz was introduced then by Harris, where he was met with widespread applause. He thanked Harris for the opportunity to serve as her running mate.

Walz went on to echo the point made by Harris that the Harris-Walz campaign and administration will focus on collaboration.

“I’ll have Vice President Harris’s back every single day, and we’ll have yours.”

Read the Beacon’s in-depth coverage of the rally here. 

VP Harris has named Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election, with a weeklong vetting process coming to a close earlier this morning.

In a statement, Harris noted that Walz’s advocacy for the middle class stood out to her in the selection process.

“He grew up in a small town in Nebraska, spending summers working on his family’s farm. His father died of cancer when he was 19, and his family relied on Social Security survivor benefit checks to make ends meet,” Harris said. “At 17, he enlisted in the National Guard, serving for 24 years. He used his GI Bill benefits to go to college, and become a teacher. He served as both the football coach and the advisor of the Gay-Straight Alliance.”

Harris went on to highlight that Minnesota was the first state in the nation to pass constitutional protections for abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a key issue in the 2024 campaign.

Walz said in a social media post that it is “the honor of a lifetime” to join Harris’s campaign.

Harris and Walz will appear together for the first time as a ticket at a rally located at Temple University at 5:30 p.m. later today.

VP Harris will make her first official appearance with her running mate on Tuesday in Philadelphia. The ticket will also visit Detroit, Phoenix, Raleigh, Las Vegas, and Savannah by the end of the week. 

Currently under consideration to round out the Democratic ticket are Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, among others. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has since taken himself out of the running to be considered. 

In separate statements posted on social media, former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama endorsed Harris for the Democratic nomination for president. 

“I’m so proud of my girl, Kamala,” Michelle Obama said. “Barack and I are so excited to endorse her as the Democratic nominee because of her positivity, sense of humor, and ability to bring light and hope to people all across the country.” 

In his statement, Barack Obama noted that he and the first lady called Harris earlier this week, while their public statements of support were released this morning. 

“[Michelle and I] told her we think she’ll make a fantastic president of the United States, and that she has our full support,” Barack Obama said. “At this critical moment for our country, we’re going to do everything we can to make sure she wins in November.” 

Harris took the stage in Milwaukee, Wis., at her first campaign rally since announcing her presidential campaign. Governor Tony Evers and Senator Tammy Baldwin headlined the event, and Harris was introduced by Leia Esser, an educator from Wisconsin. 

Harris used the opportunity to contrast herself with the “extreme” policies of Trump and Vance, particularly their stance on abortion access. 

“We’ll stop Donald Trump’s extreme abortion bans because we trust women to make decisions about their own bodi[es] and not have the government tell them what to do,” Harris said. “When Congress passes the law to restore reproductive freedoms, as president of the United States, I will sign it into law.” 

Harris further contrasted herself as a former prosecutor running against Trump, a convicted felon. 

“I took on perpetrators of all kinds,” said Harris. “Donald Trump ran a for-profit college that scammed students … was found liable for committing sexual abuse … and was just found guilty of fraud on 34 counts.” 

In the first 24 hours after announcing her presidential campaign, Harris broke multiple presidential fundraising records. 

ActBlue, the fundraising platform for Democratic politicians and interest groups, announced that Harris raised more than $46.7 million by 9 p.m. on July 21. This was the largest fundraising day of the 2024 election cycle on the platform. 

According to a press release from the Harris campaign, more than $81 million was raised in the first 24 hours since their campaign filing. 

“Over 880,000 grassroots donors made contributions in the last 24 hours, 60 percent of whom made their first contribution of the 2024 cycle,” the release said. 

This was also the largest 24-hour donation haul in presidential campaign history, according to the release.

After Biden endorsed Harris for the Democratic nomination, endorsements from current and former elected officials began pouring in for Harris. Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary Hillary Clinton were some of the first prominent politicians to endorse, in addition to former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. 

Harris currently has the endorsement of 268 state and federal elected officials, including all 23 Democratic governors, 45 U.S. senators, and 200 House members. Additionally, all 50 state Democratic party chairs personally signaled their support for Harris.

In a survey conducted by the Associated Press, Harris received the support of more than 1,976 Democratic delegates, the number needed to officially become the party’s nominee. 

Delegates will officially vote on their nominee virtually on Aug. 1 ahead of the Democratic National Convention taking place in Chicago in late August.

President Joe Biden announced in a letter that he would end his presidential campaign and stand down as the Democratic party’s nominee in a statement posted on social media. 

“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden wrote. “And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.” 

Shortly after his initial announcement, Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination. 

“My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President … it’s been the best decision I’ve made,” Biden said. “Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year.”