Obamas endorse Vice President Harris as 2024 presidential candidate
In a statement, Barack and Michelle Obama said they will do everything they can to elect Harris.
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In a statement, Barack and Michelle Obama said they will do everything they can to elect Harris.
The former president called Harris a "happy warrior" and vowed to do all he can to help her defeat former President Donald Trump in November.
"I will say that I have said directly to the vice president that I'm going to do everything and anything that is necessary to make sure that we beat Donald Trump and JD Vance," Pritzker said.
Kamala Harris' campaign appears to be casting a wide net to find a VP, vetting a large number of potential running mates.
Mr. Biden spoke for just over 10 minutes, all in an attempt to explain directly to America his reason for pulling out of the election at the last minute. Jermont Terry reports.
The Democratic National Convention in Chicago is less than one month away, and it has added new guidelines for anyone who wants to challenge Vice President Kamala Harris. Sabrina Franza reports.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic nominee for president, traveled to Indianapolis on Wednesday to speak at the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Convention. She was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority when she was a student at Howard University.
Campaign finance records show Donald Trump donated twice to reelect Kamala Harris as attorney general of California more than a decade ago.
It comes a day after Vice President Harris held her first rally as a 2024 presidential candidate, packing out a gym in a key swing state.
Harris appears to have won over the Democratic Party as the presumptive nominee since President Biden withdrew, and former President Trump quickly attacked Harris' record. Jermont Terry reports.
Vice President Kamala Harris has already secured the endorsements of a majority of the Democratic delegates who will vote on her presidential nomination.
Vice President Kamala Harris is in the battleground state of Wisconsin for her first campaign rally since she launched her presidential campaign.
The past two weeks have seen some of the wildest twists and turns in the history of U.S. presidential elections—including the withdrawal of President Biden this past weekend. CBS News Director of Elections and Surveys Anthony Salvanto joins Marie Saavedra with some polling numbers hot off the presses.
Pritzker has endorsed Harris to be the new Democratic nominee for the White House after President Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris on Sunday. Pritzker has yet to say if he would be interested in filling a vice presidential role on the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket.
Vice President Kamala Harris is in the battleground state of Wisconsin for her first campaign rally since she launched her presidential campaign.
Many Democrats believe Biden's exit from the campaign will improve chances of beating Trump in November.
Lightfoot said she's relieved to have the drama involving President Biden put to rest.
Pritzker has been recognized as a future White House hopeful, but what does President Biden's decision to drop out of the race mean for the governor's political ambitions?
The Democratic National Convention takes place in Chicago in just a few weeks. Irika Sargent talked with former Mayor Lori Lightfoot about the convention in the wake of Mr. Biden’s withdrawal and the likely elevation of Kamala Harris to the top of the ticket.
Gov. JB Pritzker has endorsed Kamala Harris for president after President Biden announced he was withdrawing from the race, but the governor has remained tight-lipped about possibly running as Harris’ vice-presidential candidate. Darius Johnson reports.
With 74.4% of registered voters turning up in Orland Park in 2020, a total of 48% cast their ballots for Mr. Biden, 51% for then-President Trump.
This year could be the first time in decades that a major political party would go into its convention without a presumptive nominee.
President Joe Biden announced he would end his 2024 re-election bid and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, to be their party's nominee, less than a month before the Democratic National Convention was set to take place in Chicago. Delegates will vote to nominate a candidate at the United Center next month, unless the person is chosen in a closed-door vote beforehand.
The former mayor said she got to know Kamala Harris during her previous presidential run. The vice president personally reached out to express her condolences following the death of Lightfoot's mother in February.
She was not only the first Black woman in the Senate but also the only African American Senator during her six-year tenure
