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{"id":27015,"date":"2026-09-03T16:47:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/kamala-harris-on-red-state-dems-keeping-her-at-arms-length-whatever-they-need-to-do-to-win\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:47:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:47:45","slug":"kamala-harris-on-red-state-dems-keeping-her-at-arms-length-whatever-they-need-to-do-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/kamala-harris-on-red-state-dems-keeping-her-at-arms-length-whatever-they-need-to-do-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris on red-state Dems keeping her at arm&#8217;s length: \u2018Whatever they need to do to win\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former Vice President Kamala Harris shrugged off calls from red-state Democrats for the former presidential candidate to stay away from their races, saying that she supports \u201cthem in doing whatever they need to do to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a phone <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MSNOWComms\/status\/2095523763102040256\" target=\"_blank\">interview on Thursday with MS Now<\/a>, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/09\/03\/kamala-harris-midterms-democrats-01063010\" target=\"_blank\">responded to POLITICO reporting<\/a> that some red-and-purple-state Democrats were actively distancing themselves from the former presidential candidate as the Democratic Party brand remains sour in more rural parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBottom line: We need to win. I have run locally. I&#8217;ve run for statewide office, and obviously nationally, and these candidates know what they need to do to win,\u201d Harris said. \u201cSo, I support them in doing whatever they need to do to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, both top Democratic candidates in Iowa said that they do not want her in the Hawkeye State campaigning for them, and a spokesperson for Mary Peltola, a former House Democrat running for Senate in Alaska, said she \u201cisn\u2019t seeking endorsements from anyone from the Lower 48\u201d after Harris\u2019 team sent a fundraising email on their behalf late last month. Adam Hamilton, Kansas\u2019 Democratic Senate nominee, and Rebecca Cooke, who is running to unseat GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden in western Wisconsin, added their voices to the same chorus, telling Blue Light News that they\u2019re not seeking Harris\u2019 support in their races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to being on the trail and helping folks where I can be helpful, but we have got to put a check on this lawless administration and deliver what Americans need and deserve,\u201d Harris added.<\/p>\n<p>Her remarks are in line with what the former vice president\u2019s office told Blue Light News when asked about the growing red-state calls to keep Harris away. \u201cIt\u2019s all good,\u201d Eduardo Negr\u00f3n, a spokesperson for Harris, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/09\/03\/kamala-harris-midterms-democrats-01063010\" target=\"_blank\">said in part in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former vice president has been slowly ramping up her involvement in the 2026 midterms after a relatively quiet primary season, most recently backing Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) in his bid for Senate, along with a handful of House candidates. She\u2019s expected to get more involved as the midterm election draws closer: Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford\u2019s campaign confirmed that Harris is set to appear with him on the campaign trail next month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/09\/03\/kamala-harris-midterms-democrats-01063010\" target=\"_blank\">POLITICO first reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her involvement in the midterms comes as other prospective 2028 presidential candidates have tested their political clout in battlegrounds across the country. Harris herself has publicly signaled that she is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/04\/10\/kamala-harris-signals-2028-bid-00867069\" target=\"_blank\">considering a third run for the White House<\/a>, but told MS Now that her focus remains on the election later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m focused on \u201826,\u201d Harris said. \u201cAnd to be very serious about this: \u201828 doesn&#8217;t matter if we don&#8217;t win \u201826.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Kamala Harris shrugged off calls from red-state Democrats for the former presidential candidate to stay away from their races, saying that she supports \u201cthem in doing whatever they need to do to win.\u201d In a phone interview on Thursday with MS Now, Harris responded to Blue Light News reporting that some red-and-purple-state Democrats were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}