She's also pledged to sign a bill to restore abortion rights and supports eliminating the Senate's 60-vote "filibuster" rule to do so.
But all of that depends not just on Harris defeating former President Donald Trump, but also on her party winning control of the House and Senate. And the battle for the upper chamber is looking especially tough for Democrats.
With Sen. Joe Manchin's retirement, Republicans are essentially guaranteed to win at least one seat. But Democrats would be able to maintain at least a 50-50 balance of power — with Gov. Tim Walz serving as a tie-breaking vote as vice president — if two of their incumbents were to hold on: Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, and Sen. Jon Tester in Montana.
That's left Democrats with little choice than to go on offense and try to beat Sen. Ted Cruz in Texas and Sen. Rick Scott in Florida.
On Thursday, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) announced a "multi-million dollar" investment in TV ads in those two states. Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan, the chairman of the DSCC, said his party was "expanding the map and going on offense."
"Democrats have strong candidates running effective campaigns in both states, and as we escalate our communications against Sens. Cruz and Scott we will crystallize the case against them," Peters said.
Both races are seen as competitive but leaning toward Republicans. A source close to Scott signaled that the Florida senator isn't sweating it, telling Business Insider that "if national Democrats decide to spend in Florida, Rick Scott will spend more."
A Cruz campaign spokesperson hit Democrats for "coming in from their ivory towers in New York, DC, and California" to aid Allred.
It remains unclear exactly how much money Senate Democrats plan to spend in either state. Peters declined to get into specifics on Thursday, telling reporters that they're "not sharing that info right now for strategic purposes."
Harris, whose campaign has raised hundreds of millions of dollars since she entered the race, recently gave $10 million to the DSCC.
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