California Governor Gavin Newsom, who was considered a possible challenger to Kamala Harris, today endorsed the US vice president, who expressed her readiness to replace Joe Biden as the candidate of the Democrats in the elections in November, France Press reported, BTA reported.
„With our democracy at stake and our future in focus, no one is better positioned than America's Vice President, Kamala Harris, to oppose Donald Trump's dark vision and to steer our country in a more reasonable direction," Newsom wrote on the "X" social network.
Previously, Harris has already received the support of influential Democratic figures such as Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, as well as all 50 state Democratic Party chairmen held a video conference after President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the race.
"A lot of people are working on this right now," a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, adding: "She (Kamala Harris) has made it clear that she will work to win their support.
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Harris' office declined to comment on the matter. Nearly 4,000 delegates from the Democratic Party will gather at the national party convention from August 19 to 22 in Chicago to choose the party's candidate for the presidential election, according to Reuters.
Harris also quickly received support from the leadership of several influential associations and political organizations, but former President Barack Obama and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who are believed to have initiated Biden's withdrawal from the race because they were worried about not not only to keep the White House, but also to win control of Congress, did not explicitly support Harris, and Pelosi is declaring an open primary to strengthen the eventual nominee, the Associated Press points out.