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Harris Campaigns for Crowley as Crowley Leads by 3

By Drooid · Oct 28, 2026, 03:30 UTC · How we work

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned for Democratic candidate David Crowley in Milwaukee on Oct. 26, 2026.
Harris called U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration the most callous and incompetent in the nation.
Republican candidate Tom Tiffany dismissed Harris’s visit as desperation.
A Marquette Law School poll in late September showed Crowley ahead of Tiffany by three points among likely voters.

History

In the 2008 election, the historic Obama-Biden ticket—both sitting senators and the first major-party nominees without a white Protestant—won 53% of the popular vote and flipped key Midwestern states, demonstrating the power of a vice-presidential surrogate. That breakthrough set a precedent for later campaigns that rely on high-profile surrogates to sway tight regional contests.

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Historical Context

In the 2008 election, the historic Obama-Biden ticket—both sitting senators and the first major-party nominees without a white Protestant—won 53% of the popular vote and flipped key Midwestern states, demonstrating the power of a vice-presidential surrogate. That breakthrough set a precedent for later campaigns that rely on high-profile surrogates to sway tight regional contests.

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