Kamala Harris to headline Texas Democratic Party fundraiser one month before midterm election

by Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune


Vice President Kamala Harris is coming to Texas next month to headline an annual event for the state Democratic Party, according to the party.

It will be the Biden administration’s highest-profile political appearance in Texas since President Joe Biden took office, and it will come a month before the November election. Harris will be the keynote speaker at the party’s yearly Johnson-Jordan Reception on Oct. 8 in Austin.

Gilberto Hinojosa, the state Democratic Party chair, said in a statement that Harris’ visit demonstrates that historically red Texas is still in play.

“Her trip shows that that the nation’s eyes truly are upon Texas as we head into the midterm elections — and critically, that from Beto’s race, to Mike’s and Rochelle’s races, to races up and down the ballot, Texas is a winnable state,” Hinojosa said, referring to the Democratic nominees for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, respectively: Beto O’Rourke, Mike Collier and Rochelle Garza.

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