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Election 2024 updates: Schumer, Jeffries endorse Harris
Vice President Harris will hold her first campaign rally Tuesday in Wisconsin.
After President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as the party favorite to replace him at the top of the ticket.
Biden endorsed Harris on Sunday -- and, since then, a wave of others Democrats have done so. Harris on Monday secured enough delegates to become presumptive Democratic nominee, ABC News reported.
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Biden for President campaign files to change to Harris for President
The Biden for President campaign committee has just been changed to the Harris for President campaign committee, according to a new FEC filing.
Now Kamala Harris' principal campaign committee, this campaign committee had nearly $96 million in cash on hand -- and likely more scheduled to be transferred from its joint fundraising committees with the DNC.
-ABC News' Soorin Kim
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says Biden should be 'commended' for exit from race
Larry Hogan, the former Maryland governor who is running for U.S. Senate, released a statement on X Sunday after President Biden ended his bid for reelection.
"I believe he made the right decision for his family and the country," Hogan, a Republican, said of Biden, adding, "These are dangerous and unprecedented times. He should be commended for putting the country ahead of personal ambition."
"The only way out of this cycle of chaos, divisiveness and dysfunction is to elect principled, common sense and experienced leaders who will focus on the day-to-day challenges facing Americans," Hogan continued.
"We need less palace intrigue, less partisan nonsense, and more decisive action to solve the serious problems facing our nation," Hogan said.
Trump donated $6,000 to Kamala Harris’s 2014 AG campaign
Then-businessman Donald Trump donated $6,000 to Kamala Harris' 2014 California Attorney General reelection campaign, state campaign finance records show.
Trump initially donated $5,000 to Harris’s campaign in 2011, and donated another $1,000 to her campaign in 2013.
Ivanka Trump also donated $2,000 to Harris’s campaign in 2013.
-ABC News' Soorin Kim, Lalee Ibssa and Kelsey Walsh
Ad by pro-Trump PAC attacking Harris made days before Biden announcement
The attack ad put out on Sunday by a pro-Donald Trump PAC attacking Vice President Kamala Harris was made "days" before President Joe Biden announced his decision to drop out of the race, two sources familiar told ABC News.
One source describing the move as "just in case," emphasizing how they had been preparing for this.
One source with the PAC told ABC News that they are viewing the switch from Biden to Harris as a "simple pivot" because Harris "owns all of Joe Biden's failures."
The plan is to frame Harris as a "co-conspirator" in Biden's agenda -- specifically on immigration, as the team has been reporting, the source said.
-ABC News' Olivia Rubin and John Santucci