Kamala Harris to make first Atlanta visit since becoming Democrats’ presumptive presidential nominee

July 25th, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris on a visit to Atlanta in May 2023. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

When Vice President Kamala Harris made repeat visits to Atlanta last month, it was as the running mate to President Joe Biden as the pair pursued a second term in office.

Harris will return to the city on Tuesday as the Democrats’ presumptive presidential nominee with a groundswell of energy, donations and momentum behind her.

She will visit Atlanta on July 30 for a campaign event, a source familiar with her schedule told WABE. Further details will be released soon.

It’s the first of what will likely be multiple campaign visits to Georgia, one of a handful of battleground states that Democrats and Republican nominee former President Donald Trump are aggressively pursuing.

Harris is riding a wave of momentum following President Joe Biden’s announcement on Sunday that he was dropping out of the race. She’s raised over $100 million and has reportedly secured the number of delegates she needs to clinch the nomination heading into the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19-22.

Harris has been a regular visitor to Georgia. She’s made at least five campaign visits to Georgia this year. Tuesday’s visit will be the first of her presidential campaign.

Trump has visited Georgia at least twice this year, including for the June debate in Atlanta that ultimately led to Biden dropping out of the race. Trump’s now turned his focus from Biden to Harris, unleashing a number of attack lines on her at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday.

He’s also under indictment in Fulton County in an election interference case involving the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. That trial will likely not occur until 2025.

WABE politics reporter Rahul Bali contributed to this report.