The collation of leaders representing areas in Dallas, Collin and Tarrant counties said they felt the vice president was the best choice to beat Republican...
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins were among around 40 elected officials, local Democratic party leaders and candidates who threw their support behind Harris on Monday.
Biden officially endorsed Harris as the next Democratic nominee soon after announcing his withdrawal Sunday. The president’s announcement came amid widespread pressure, including from his own party’s leaders, to step aside in the 2024 presidential race after a poor debate performance against Trump in June and questions about his fitness for office.Harris, a former U.S. senator and California attorney general, is the only declared candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination so far.
None of the dozens of North Texas supporters of Harris said Monday they would withdraw their support if other challengers emerge for the presidential nomination.“I don’t care whoever gets into this race,” said Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price. “I am with Vice President Kamala Harris.”Crockett said she believed it’s important to secure who would oppose Trump on the ballot as soon as possible to bring clarity to the race and to begin campaigning.
, after previously vowing not to weigh in on partisan races while the city’s top elected official. That changed after Johnson, a former Democratic state representative, declared himself a Republican last fall. The mayorand ended his speech by urging the crowd to “make America safe again by retiring Joe Biden and electing Donald J. Trump.”
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