Harris campaign ramps up LGBTQ engagement as Election Day nears
Vice President Kamala Harris has eked out a narrow lead in the latest polls, but slim margins in seven key battleground states are still likely to decide the outcome of the election, which experts say will be the closest America has had in decades, if not more than a century.
And LGBTQ voters, who comprise a larger share of the electorate than ever before, are expected to play a major role in November.
The Washington Blade discussed what lies ahead for the Harris team, particularly with respect to LGBTQ constituent engagement, in separate interviews last week with one of the campaign’s gay co-chairs, U.S.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), and its national LGBTQ+ engagement director, Sam Alleman. Criss-crossing the country With just over a month until Election Day, the Harris-Walz team is in overdrive enlisting key surrogates and staff to fan out across the U.S.
