The presidential campaign around Democratic nominee Kamala Harris recently opened its 50th office in the swing state of Pennsylvania ahead of the rapidly approaching 2024 general election pitting Harris against Republican presidential pick Donald Trump, according to a social media post.
“Harris for PA celebrated our 50th office opening today in Ephrata, a deep red borough of Lancaster County. Over 100 people turned out. We’re reaching out to voters in every corner of the Commonwealth — and cutting into Trump’s margins in the process,” said the post from Lekha Sunder (who’s with the Harris campaign) to X, the social platform formerly called Twitter.
Pennsylvania was among the states that moved from a victory for Trump in the 2016 race for president to a win four years later for Democratic contender Joe Biden, who won that election and became president. This time around, Democrats are fresh off more statewide electoral success in Pennsylvania, winning races for governor and Senate since Biden’s 2020 victory. In both instances from the 2022 midterms, the victorious Democrats trounced Republican candidates — Doug Mastriano and Mehmet Oz, aka Dr. Oz, respectively — who were very publicly aligned with Trump.
Pennsylvania’s current Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro was among the many speakers sharing support for Harris at the recent Democratic National Convention held in Chicago, where the party formalized — again — their general election nod for Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Harris and Walz have already campaigned together in Pennsylvania multiple times, including the night that Harris publicly announced she was picking Walz at all.
Meanwhile, Harris and Trump are headed for a general election debate planned for this month with ABC News, which got rolling again after Trump distanced himself from the possibility for a spell and pushed instead for a debate hosted by Fox News with a large audience (rather than no audience, like seen already at the June Trump-Biden debate).
