Vice President Kamala Harris is returning home next week to campaign for Gov. Gavin Newsom as the Democratic Party rallies around him in his recall battle.
Harris will join Newsom at a rally in the Bay Area on Friday, Aug. 27, to urge Californians to vote no on the recall against Newsom, according to reporting by the Sacramento Bee.
"I am excited to join my friend and our vice president next week," Newsom said in a statement. "The stakes of this election couldn’t be higher."
Harris’s Newsom campaign stop is planned for the return leg of her second foreign trip since taking office earlier this year. She is traveling to Asia Friday night, where she will be making stops in Singapore and Vietnam.
On the return trip, Harris will deliver remarks in Honolulu, Hawaii, to military service members at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, then continue on to California.
The visit comes at a critical time. Current polls show a razor-thin margin between those planning to "yes" and "no" to recall Newsom.
If voters vote "no" on the recall election, Gov. Newsom will remain in office. If they vote "yes," then one of 46 candidates whose name is also on the ballot will become the next governor of California.
Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder is the leading candidate to replace Newsom if the governor is recalled.
"Every major candidate running to replace Governor Newsom is a Republican who supported Donald Trump in the 2020 campaign," Newsom’s office said in a statement.
Harris is the latest big-name Democrat to speak on Newsom’s behalf against the recall. Sens. Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren all have cut ads against the recall.
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