WASHINGTON — Today, DLCC Board Chair and New York Senate President Pro Tempore and Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2024:
“I’ve had the opportunity to meet and work with the vice president over the years. She is amazingly accomplished. She is just the right messenger at the right time to take on the former President Trump and his 2025 agenda, and to continue the work that President Biden has done. I think people who clearly hear the message of the difference between the two governing philosophies will understand how much is at stake, and they will be reenergized. So her candidacy not only reemphasizes that, but inspires people all over to continue to work hard, to continue to pursue that education, pursue your dream. We are long overdue for breaking that ultimate feeling. And if there’s ever a time, this is it.”
“The purpose of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is to create blue states so that we can continue to be a firewall when policies on the national level do the kinds of things that the former president is trying to do. So it is also our interest to make sure that there are as many blue legislative chambers as possible, which coincides with ideals and the vision of the president, as well as Vice President Harris.”
You can read more about Leader Stewart-Cousins’ endorsement here.
The DLCC is the official arm of the Democratic Party with the sole mission of building Democratic power in the states and setting the national agenda at the state level. Over the last decade, we have fought cycle-over-cycle to gain a dozen new legislative chamber majorities and we are leading the effort to bring national attention and investment to our ballot level. State legislatures are the building blocks of our democracy and have the closest connections to Americans’ day-to-day lives. From protecting fundamental freedoms and voting rights to growing the middle class, the DLCC and state legislators are moving the Democratic agenda forward and shaping the future of this country.
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