Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate has won widespread praise from rank-and-file Democrats who have hailed her as a historic, trail-blazing choice. But Democratic candidates running in some crucial races see Biden’s choice of a Black and Indian woman as something more important: a new motivating factor in their party’s bid to win control of the Senate.
Democratic candidates in states with large Black populations say the Biden-Harris ticket could give them a big down-ballot electoral boost in November, and their Republican challengers are taking notice already with attacks against her. CONT.
Leigh Ann Caldwell, NBC News