House minority leader (and future Speaker) Hakeem Jeffries is scheduled to stop in Orange County to promote Derek Tran’s congressional run against Rep. Michelle Steel, according to Punchbowl News.
From their post:
Jeffries will then travel to Dallas for the DCCC, Las Vegas for an event with Reps. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), Dina Titus (D-Nev.) and Susie Lee (D-Nev.) and Orange County, Calif., for an event with Derek Tran, who is running against Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.).
This is a key few months for Jeffries, Clark and the entire House Democratic Caucus. With Harris as the Democratic nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as VP, House Democrats believe the odds of taking the House back in November have soared. Harris is tied with or beating former President Donald Trump in national and battleground state polls. Democratic fundraising is ramping up too.
Yet perhaps most importantly for Jeffries and House Democrats, Harris is helping them in states like California and New York. These deep blue states aren’t in play for the presidential race but they matter greatly for who will run the House. Harris may be especially valuable in the Golden State, which has a handful of big races to watch.
The LA Times reports this morning that the Harris candidacy is surging in California and the spillover effect will certainly help Democratic congressional candidates like Dave Min in CA47 and Joe Kerr in CA40. Voter registrations nationally are soaring. Thie 2024 Blue Wave might be bigger than the one we saw in 2018.