Kamala Harris to visit Houston Thursday for national teachers’ union conference

By Jaden Edison , The Texas Tribune

July 23, 2024

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Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Texas on Thursday to address the American Federation of Teachers’ national convention in Houston, an AFT source told The Texas Tribune.

The news comes just days after President Joe Biden announced he would not seek reelection and Harris’ subsequent announcement that she intends to seek the Democratic Party’s nomination to run for president.

Biden is set to visit Austin on Monday.

AFT, one of the nation’s largest teacher’s labor unions which represents more than 1.7 million members, endorsed Harris on Monday.

This is a developing story; check back for details.

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