Source: THE AS­SO­CI­AT­ED PRESS

Vice Pres­i­dent Ka­mala Har­ris has cho­sen Min­neso­ta Gov. Tim Walz as her run­ning mate, look­ing to strength­en the De­mo­c­ra­t­ic tick­et in Mid­west­ern states.

Af­ter an in­tro­duc­tion from Penn­syl­va­nia Gov. Josh Shapiro, she and Walz made their joint de­but a ral­ly Tues­day evening in Philadel­phia, kick­ing off their bat­tle­ground state tour. —(AP)

Har­ris in­tro­duces her run­ning mate

By THOMAS BEAU­MONT

Har­ris took the stage in Philadel­phia for the first time as the De­mo­c­ra­t­ic pres­i­den­tial nom­i­nee Tues­day, amid rau­cous cheers in an au­di­to­ri­um on the cam­pus of Tem­ple Uni­ver­si­ty.

But her in­tro was se­ri­ous.

“We need to move to the gen­er­al elec­tion and win that,” she said. “We al­so need to lev­el set. We are the un­der­dogs in this race, but we have the mo­men­tum, and I know ex­act­ly what we’re up against.”

In prepar­ing to hand off to Walz, Har­ris built him up as the part­ner she had been look­ing for dur­ing her quick search for a run­ning mate.

“I set out to find a part­ner who can help build this brighter fu­ture, a leader that will help unite our na­tion and move us for­ward,” she said.

“Penn­syl­va­nia, I’m here to­day be­cause I found such a leader, Gov. Tim Walz of the great state of Min­neso­ta.”

Walz takes the stage

By THOMAS BEAU­MONT

Walz be­gan his re­marks by thank­ing Har­ris for se­lect­ing him. The cam­paign­er known as be­ing up­beat said, “Thank you for bring­ing back the joy!”

Fol­low­ing a shoutout to Gov. Josh Shapiro, Walz praised his wife, a 29-year pub­lic school teacher, wry­ly plug­ging a key con­stituen­cy, “Don’t ever un­der­es­ti­mate teach­ers.”

Walz show­cased what he says is his abil­i­ty to work across the aisle.

Of his time in the U.S. House, Walz says he worked to­ward bi­par­ti­san so­lu­tions on top­ics in­clud­ing vet­er­ans is­sues and agri­cul­ture.

“I learned the art of com­pro­mise with­out com­pro­mis­ing my val­ues,” he said, of his more than a decade rep­re­sent­ing Min­neso­ta’s 1st Dis­trict.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz arrive at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Matt Rourke

Har­ris cam­paign rakes in over $20 mil­lion

By SE­UNG MIN KIM

Har­ris’ se­lec­tion of Walz as her run­ning mate has been an­oth­er fundrais­ing boon for the De­mo­c­ra­t­ic pres­i­den­tial tick­et.

Her cam­paign an­nounced short­ly be­fore 6:30 p.m. that it has raised more than $20 mil­lion since the vice pres­i­dent un­veiled the Min­neso­ta gov­er­nor as her run­ning mate.

The Har­ris cam­paign has seen a surge in fundrais­ing since she took over the top of the tick­et, rais­ing more than $310 mil­lion in Ju­ly. Well over $200 mil­lion of that to­tal came af­ter Har­ris took over top billing from Pres­i­dent Joe Biden on Ju­ly 21.

Walz is cer­ti­fied by the DNC

By MEG KIN­NARD

As Walz took the stage with Har­ris in Philadel­phia, his sta­tus as De­mo­c­rat’s No. 2 for the gen­er­al elec­tion was an­nounced as of­fi­cial.

De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Na­tion­al Com­mit­tee Chair­man Jaime Har­ri­son and Miny­on Moore, chair of De­moc­rats’ up­com­ing con­ven­tion, said in a state­ment that Har­ris and Walz had been cer­ti­fied as their par­ty’s nom­i­nees.

Late Mon­day night, Har­ris of­fi­cial­ly se­cured the del­e­gates need­ed to be­come her par­ty’s pres­i­den­tial nom­i­nee. Hours lat­er, she named Walz as her run­ning mate.