Kamala Harris & Tim Walz kick off poll campaign

US Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz made their joint presidential campaign debut at a rally Tuesday evening in Philadelphia, kicking off their battleground state tour with an introduction from Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.

With the Minnesota Governor as her pick for vice president, Harris pushed to shore up "Blue Wall" states-Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania-that Democrats need to win to keep the White House. Walz's advocacy for in vitro fertilization and child tax credits-an idea that he has used in hist state-were issues that resonated with the Democratic presidential nominee.

A turbulent campaign is now set to play out as a 90-day sprint across two fronts: the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt.


Harris and former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, will also be locked in Sun Belt competition to win Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, an electoral map that has expanded since Biden's decision to withdraw from the race. Both campaigns had planned to cover North Carolina this week as well but called off those plans due to inclement weather concerns.