WASHINGTON — Support for Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee in the 2024 presidential race continues to grow, with a recent Associated Press survey declaring that Harris had secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party’s nominee against Republican Donald Trump. Her campaign said it received record donations within hours of President Joe Biden removing himself from the race Sunday afternoon.
WUSA9 visited the vice president's alma mater, Howard University, on Monday to gauge current students' feelings about a Harris presidency. Harris graduated from the historically black college located in D.C. in 1986, and has said that Howard was where she was introduced to her love of politics.
"More affordable healthcare," student Kai Kellam definitively responded when asked what she wanted to see Harris tackle if she were to become president. "She did once say, we shouldn’t be charged for medical problems that we couldn’t control, so ... I know that if she does become president, she will help with those issues.”
Anthony Bivines, also a Howard student, pointed to the rising cost of living plaguing the country as his top voter concern.
"Prices have been a lot higher, even in recent years, overall in the country as a whole," Bivines said. "So I think that would be a really important aspect to focus on.”
With the Democratic National Convention just weeks away, the next big question for Harris to address for both delegates and voters is who she would select as her running mate. While Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's name was thrown around in some circles, Moore made it clear that his focus was on the Free State.
"I’m going to help and support the vice president in any way I can, but I’m very comfortable with being the governor of the state of Maryland," Moore said at a jobs event in downtown, D.C. on Monday. "I’m not interested in being anything else."
The governor acknowledged that the attention was humbling and vowed to do what he could to ensure Harris wins the White House, if she officially becomes the Democratic nominee.