Kamala Harris to campaign with Sen. Jon Ossoff as part of midterm campaign swing

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Kamala Harris will keynote a Fulton County Democrats dinner and stump with Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff at the end of October, capping off a spate of appearances on the trail for a select group of candidates on the midterms ballot this year.

That positions Harris as a closer in one of the key Senate races in the country, in a state she narrowly lost to Donald Trump in 2024 but that is expected to again be a major battleground for the 2028 presidential election. And it means Ossoff, who is running for his second term, is taking a different approach than several other Democrats in tight races who have said they wouldn’t want to campaign with the former vice president.

“Senator Ossoff is grateful for Vice President Harris’ help and support in his re-election campaign,” Ossoff spokesperson Ellie Dougherty told CNN.

While that is likely to be Harris’ last stop on the 2026 campaign trail, it will not be her only one.

Harris and her aides are finalizing her schedule, but she’s already slated to appear with two top House Democratic candidates in her home state of California: Marni Von Wilpert, who is running in a district around San Diego held by retiring GOP Rep. Darrell Issa, and Richard Pan, who is running in a district around Sacramento against independent Rep. Kevin Kiley.

She’ll also be stumping for Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a longtime ally running for governor. That will put her in an early primary state that she had been focused on even before she suddenly became the Democratic nominee in 2024.

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“It is critical for Democrats to win this November so we can fight the Trump administration’s corruption and work to lower costs for the American people,” said her spokesperson Eduardo Negrón. “Vice President Harris will continue to do whatever is needed to support candidates in races where she can be helpful.”

The stops come as Harris is mulling whether to make another run for president in 2028, and as Democrats around the country debate whether they want her to. Several candidates have explicitly said they don’t want Harris to appear for them, including Mary Peltola and Adam Hamilton, running for Senate in Alaska and Kansas, respectively, and Rob Sand, the Democratic nominee for governor in Iowa.

It also comes as other potential Democratic candidates have been fanning out on the campaign trail for others running in this year’s races, including in several early presidential primary states.

Ossoff is being discussed as one of those potential presidential contenders himself, though he told CNN in June that he is not interested in running.

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卡马拉·哈里斯将于 10 月底在富尔顿县民主党晚宴上发表主题演讲，并与佐治亚州参议员乔恩·奥索夫一起进行竞选活动，这将为今年中期选举中部分候选人的一系列竞选活动画上句号。

这使得哈里斯成为这场全国关键参议院选举中的一位关键人物。她在2024年以微弱劣势败给了唐纳德·特朗普，但预计该州将在2028年总统大选中再次成为主要战场。这也意味着，正在竞选连任的奥索夫采取了与其他几位选情胶着的民主党候选人不同的策略，这些候选人此前曾表示不愿与这位前副总统一起竞选。

“奥索夫参议员感谢哈里斯副总统在他的竞选连任活动中给予的帮助和支持，”奥索夫的发言人埃莉·多尔蒂告诉 CNN。

虽然这很可能是哈里斯 2026 年竞选活动的最后一站，但绝不会是她的唯一一站。

哈里斯和她的助手们正在敲定她的日程安排，但她已经计划与两位加州众议院民主党候选人一同亮相：一位是玛尼·冯·威尔珀特，她正在圣地亚哥附近的一个选区竞选，该选区由即将退休的共和党众议员达雷尔·伊萨把持；另一位是理查德·潘，他正在萨克拉门托附近的一个选区竞选，挑战独立众议员凯文·基利。

她还将为内华达州总检察长亚伦·福特助选，福特是她的长期盟友，正在竞选州长。这将使她进入内华达州这个早期初选州，而早在她突然成为2024年民主党总统候选人之前，她就一直关注着这个州。

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参议员乔恩·奥索夫差点就没竞选连任。现在一些民主党人想让他参加2028年的总统大选。

“民主党人必须赢得今年11月的大选，这一点至关重要，这样我们才能打击特朗普政府的腐败，并努力降低美国人民的医疗成本，”她的发言人爱德华多·内格隆表示。“哈里斯副总统将继续尽一切努力支持那些她能够提供帮助的候选人。”

哈里斯此次到访正值她考虑是否在2028年再次竞选总统之际，而全国各地的民主党人也在就她是否参选展开辩论。包括阿拉斯加州参议员候选人玛丽·佩尔托拉、堪萨斯州参议员候选人亚当·汉密尔顿以及爱荷华州州长民主党候选人罗布·桑德在内的几位候选人已明确表示不希望哈里斯为他们站台。

与此同时，其他潜在的民主党候选人也纷纷奔赴竞选活动现场，为今年参加竞选的其他候选人站台，其中包括几个早期总统初选州。

奥索夫本人也被认为是潜在的总统候选人之一，尽管他在 6 月份告诉 CNN，他对参选没有兴趣。