Election 2024 updates: Harris interviewing top VP contenders Sunday, source says

Harris is expected to announce her running mate in the coming days.

Last Updated: August 4, 2024, 2:58 PM EDT

Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough Democratic Party delegate votes to become the party's nominee when voting ends on Monday, according to the Democratic National Committee. And Harris is just days away from naming her running mate.

Former President Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick, Sen. JD Vance, have spoken to voters across the country this past week as they sharpen their attacks on Harris.

Jul 29, 2024, 9:02 PM EDT

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper will not be Kamala Harris' VP pick

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued a statement on Monday night signaling that he's removed himself from contention as a vice presidential running mate for presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks as Electric carmaker Vinfast breaks ground in its $4B NC manufacturing plant located within the Triangle Innovation Point on July 28, 2023 (Photo by Nick Ut/Getty Images)
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"I strongly support Vice President Harris' campaign for President. I know she's going to win and I was honored to be considered for this role. This just wasn't the right time for North Carolina and for me to potentially be on a national ticket," he said in a post on X.

"As l've said from the beginning, she has an outstanding list of people from which to choose, and we'll all work to make sure she wins," he added.

Jul 29, 2024, 8:46 PM EDT

Trump says he'll 'probably end up debating' Harris

Former President Donald Trump seems to be one step closer to formally agreeing to debate his opponent for the presidency, Vice President Kamala Harris.

During an interview on "The Ingraham Angle" Monday night, Trump told the Fox News host that he will "probably end up debating" Harris. In his remarks, though, he also appeared to downplay the necessity of debates.

"I want to do a debate, but I also can say this. Everybody knows who I am. And now people know who she is," he said.

"If you're going to have a debate, you gotta do it, I think, before the votes are cast. I think it's very important that you do that. So, the answer is yes, but I can also make a case for not doing it."

A short while later, a spokesperson for Harris' campaign issued a statement on Trump's comments on Fox, insisting that the vice president will be at the next debate no matter what.

"Why won’t Donald Trump give a straight answer on debating Vice President Harris? It’s clear from tonight’s question-dodging: he's scared he’ll have to defend his running mate’s weird attacks on women, or his own calls to end elections in America in a debate against the vice president. Vice President Harris will be on the debate stage September 10th. Donald Trump can show up, or not."

-ABC News' Lalee Ibassa and Gabriella Abdul-Hakim

Jul 29, 2024, 8:25 PM EDT

Megan Thee Stallion to perform at VP Kamala Harris' campaign rally in Atlanta: Source

Rapper Megan thee Stallion will give a special performance at Vice President Kamala Harris' rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, a source familiar confirmed to ABC News.

In addition to Megan thee Stallion, Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock and former Rep. Stacey Abrams will be in attendance, supporting Harris' 2024 presidential bid.

The news was first reported by Billboard.

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-hakim

Jul 29, 2024, 7:33 PM EDT

Marianne Williamson suspends her Democratic presidential bid, again

Democratic long-shot nominee Marianne Williamson has suspended her campaign for president, announcing on X Monday that it is "time to let go" of her bid for the White House.

Williamson said she failed to register for the Democratic National Convention's candidate directory by Saturday evening's deadline.

"We did everything possible to stand for a blitz primary, an open convention and so forth. Yet the way things worked there truly was no way, and all we could have done is create noise," she said on X.

"I was in the race to create fundamental change, yes -- but not as a chaos agent. Things being what they are -- including the fact that defeating Donald Trump has always been and continues to be the goal that most matters -- it was time to let go," she continued.

Williamson, notably, did not endorse Harris in her statement, directing supporters to "do whatever is in your heart." Though she implied she will not be voting for Trump.

"For myself, the more I read about former President Trump's proposed policies, the more I hear his words and ponder them in my heart, the more I believe our most urgent task now is to make sure he does not return to the White House," she said. "That conviction is what will determine my vote on election day."

This is technically Williamson's second time suspending her campaign; she initially closed down shop after her less-than-ideal placements in the New Hampshire and Nevada primaries in February, but threw her hat back into the ring after the urging of her supporters.

-ABC News' Brittany Shepherd

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