Election 2024 updates: Split-screen campaign blitz kicks off in Wisconsin, Michigan

Fresh off a newly minted Democratic ticket , Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are set to go on tour, hitting several battleground states in five days -- alongside them and mirroring their schedule state by state is Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance.

On Monday, Harris introduced Walz to a fired-up crowd in Philadelphia; Vance was also in Pennsylvania on Monday . The candidates will campaign next in Wisconsin and Michigan.

Latest Developments

_{Aug 7, 6:16 PM}

Biden says he's 'not confident' there would be a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses

President Joe Biden said in an interview with CBS News that he's "not confident" there would be a peaceful transition of power after the election if former President Donald Trump loses.

"Are you confident that there will be a peaceful transfer of power in 2025?" Robert Costa asked the president.

"If Trump loses, I'm not confident at all," Biden said in a roughly 30-second clip of the interview released Wednesday by the network.

The full sit-down interview is slated to air Sunday.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

_{Aug 7, 5:34 PM}

'I know bullies,' Walz says as he, Harris tout campaign in Wisconsin rally

At their second joint rally since becoming a ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday ripped former President Donald Trump and sought to project a positive vision for their potential administration.

"Understand in this fight, as Tim Walz likes to point out, we are joyful warriors,” Harris told the crowd in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Walz contrasted the approach with that of former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance, saying that as a former teacher, he understands "bullies."

"What I am is a teacher, I observe things. So, I want to tell you what I observed and you've observed ... about these guys when you see them, that it's a very clear thing. Yes, they are creepy and weird as hell. You see it," he said. "This is not normal. This is not normal behavior. Nobody's asking for this crazy stuff."

Walz, who joined the Army Reserve as a teenager, knocked Trump for having "no understanding of service."

"I'll tell you what, Donald Trump, he sees the world differently than we see it. He has no understanding of service because he's too busy servicing himself again and again and again," he said. "This guy weakens our country to strengthen his own hands."

-ABC News' Will McDuffie, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Isabella Murray

_{Aug 7, 4:59 PM}

Harris HQ posts TikTok after Vance's plane, Air Force Two on same tarmac

The Harris-Walz campaign posted a video on its TikTok account responding to earlier in the day when Sen. JD Vance's plane and Air Force Two were on the same tarmac in Wisconsin.

The post used sound from the show "Dance Moms" where instructor and choreographer Abby Lee Miller says, "I just want to sit back and relax and enjoy my evening. When all of a sudden, I hear this agitating, grating voice."

The video shows the vice president stepping off Air Force Two with Gov. Tim Walz while shaking hands and speaking with local children before panning to Vance's plane as it pulled up on the tarmac.

-ABC News Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Will McDuffie

_{Aug 7, 4:54 PM}

Trump previously told Walz he was 'very happy' with his handling of George Floyd protests

In the hours after Vice President Kamala Harris announced Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, allies of former President Donald Trump rushed to denigrate the Minnesota Democrat, seizing on criticism of his handling of the riots in the wake of George Floyd's murder in May 2020.

But at the time, Trump expressed support for Walz's handling of the protests, according to a recording of a phone call obtained by ABC News -- telling a group of governors that Walz "dominated," and praising his leadership as an example for other states to follow.

"I know Gov. Walz is on the phone, and we spoke, and I fully agree with the way he handled it the last couple of days," Trump told a group of governors on June 1, 2020, according to a recording of the call, in which he also called Walz an "excellent guy."

MORE: Despite new criticism, Trump told Walz in 2020 he was 'very happy' with his handling of George Floyd protests

"I was very happy with the last couple of days, Tim," Trump continued. "You called up big numbers and the big numbers knocked them out so fast it was like bowling pins."

Trump also suggested on the call that it was his encouragement that sparked Walz to call in the National Guard: "I said, you got to use the National Guard in big numbers," Trump said. A spokesperson for the Harris-Walz campaign said Wednesday that was untrue.

Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, said Trump lauded Walz only after the governor heeded his advice to enlist support from the National Guard.

-ABC News' Lucien Bruggeman and Katherine Faulders

_{Aug 7, 4:12 PM}

Harris, Vance planes on same tarmac at same time in Wisconsin

A rare moment took place Wednesday when the respective planes flying Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. JD Vance to separate campaign events in Wisconsin were on the same tarmac.

Vance took the opportunity to rib the Harris-Walz campaign when he walked over to Air Force Two to "check out" what he called his "future plane."

Vance said he saw Harris' car, but he didn't see her because her windows were tinted.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

_{Aug 7, 2:51 PM}

Harris, Trump tied among Wisconsin voters, poll finds

A poll from Marquette University Law School published Wednesday of voters in Wisconsin found that Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are closely matched among registered voters in a 2024 general election head-to-head matchup.

Among registered voters, Trump and Harris were split 50% to 49%, respectively, and among likely voters, they were split 49% to 50%, according to the poll.

The poll shows virtually no change from the split between President Joe Biden and Trump in a Marquette poll that was conducted in June.

When a few third-party candidates are added in, Harris and Trump are still about even among registered voters, with Harris netting 45%, Trump netting 43% and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. getting 8%, the poll found.

The survey was conducted between July 24 to Aug. 1. It has a margin of error of +/- 4.6 percentage points among registered Wisconsin voters and +/- 4.8 percentage points among likely Wisconsin voters.

-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim

_{Aug 7, 2:47 PM}

Walz greeted with 'Let's go coach' chants as he visits campaign HQ

Gov. Tim Walz visited the campaign's Wilmington headquarters Wednesday morning to a cheering crowd.

"I wanted to say thank you myself to the people who have put everything into helping us win. Holy smokes, this team," he said in a post on X.

Several volunteers and staffers were outside holding signs and shook the governor's hand as he greeted them, according to a video of the visit on his X account.

The crowd engaged in a chant of "Let's go coach," referencing Walz's time as a high school football coach.

"It's Friday night lights," Walz responded.

-ABC News' Will McDuffie, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim Isabella Murray and Fritz Farrow

_{Aug 7, 2:20 PM}

Harris-Walz campaign boasts 'explosion of volunteer interest'

The Harris-Walz campaign issued a memo on Wednesday touting its ground game in battleground states, specifically Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

The memo boasted of a "formidable door-knocking operation" in Wisconsin with more than 160 full-time coordinated staffers on the ground, an "explosion of volunteer interest" in Michigan, with more than 9,000 new volunteer sign-ups, and "unprecedented enthusiasm" in Pennsylvania, citing Tuesday's rally in Philadelphia that the campaign claims brought in more than 14,000 people.

The campaign said it has more than 600 coordinated staff members on the ground in those three states and plans to add 150 more in the first two weeks of August.

-ABC News' Will McDuffie, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Fritz Farrow

_{Aug 7, 12:55 PM}

Harris-Walz campaign says it raised $36M in 24 hours since VP announcement

In the first 24 hours since Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, the Harris-Walz campaign has raised $36 million, according to a campaign official.

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim

_{Aug 7, 12:21 PM}

22 Democratic governors, including Shapiro and Beshear, praise Harris' selection of Walz as VP

Twenty-two Democratic governors are lauding the fact that their colleague, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, has joined the 2024 Democratic ticket.

In a statement released on Wednesday, they stressed as a group of leaders -- which includes some they said were "elected in very challenging races in battleground and red states" -- that they were "thrilled" with Harris' selection.

The joint statement was notably signed by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who themselves were on the shortlist of potential Harris vice presidential picks. All three had submitted materials to the Democratic nominee's vetting team, though only Shapiro had traveled to Washington, D.C., on Sunday for an in-person interview with Harris.

"As America’s Democratic governors, we represent a broad and diverse set of 23 states that make up more than half the U.S. population. Many of us were elected in very challenging races in battleground and red states. We make tough decisions as state executives every day, and know what it takes to win. We couldn't be more thrilled that Vice President Kamala Harris has selected Governor Tim Walz as her running mate, and will do everything in our power to ensure their success this November," the statement, first shared with ABC News, reads.

"Overall, there’s no doubt the Harris-Walz ticket is the perfect one-two punch to knock out the GOP's dangerous agenda and failure to deliver for the American people," the statement continues.

Other governors who signed on to the letter include California's Gavin Newsom, Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer, Colorado's Jared Polis, Maryland's Wes Moore and North Carolina's Roy Cooper.

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