Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris (L) and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, gesture during a campaign rally at the Thomas and Mack Center, University of Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 10, 2024. (RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images)
The vice president and Walz quickly hit the campaign trail, with a swing through the key battleground states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, and Nevada that drew large crowds at every stop.
"The energy is undeniable," Harris told the audience at the fundraiser, as she pointed towards her campaign swing. "The crowds are large. But even better is the fact that, like last night in Las Vegas, attendees are signing up for volunteer shifts by the thousands."
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But the vice president acknowledged that in the race against Trump, "we have a lot of work to do," and emphasized that "we can take nothing for granted in this critical moment."
Harris was introduced at the fundraiser by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco in Congress for nearly four decades.
"This is a good day, when we welcome Kamala Harris home to California," Pelosi said. "She makes us all so proud. She brings us so much joy. She gives us so much hope."
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi admitted that there was no path to victory for President Biden during a recent interview. (Left: (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images), Right: Photographer: Sergio Flores/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Harris was born in nearby Oakland, California and spent the first 12 years of her childhood in the Bay Area. Harris served as a prosecutor in Alameda County and later in San Francisco before winning election in 2002 as the city's district attorney.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a longtime Harris ally who was also a top surrogate for Biden before the president dropped his re-election bid, also appeared at Sunday's fundraiser.
Tickets for the event ranged from $3,300 to get in the door all the way up to $500,000, according to an invitation obtained by Fox News.
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