Election 2024 updates: Harris anticipates $1.4m at first fundraiser since becoming the Democrats’ likely nominee

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to bring in over $1.4 million in donations at a fundraiser in Massachussets on Saturday, her first since becoming the Democrat’s presumptive nominee.

With rougly 800 attendees, the event in Pittsfield will be the largest held in the Berkshires since former First Lady Michelle Obama visited in 2012, and is set to include speakers including Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Ed Markey, and musician James Taylor.

It comes as Harris received the endorsement of The Obamas, with the former president and first lady declaring in a new video: “She’ll make a fantastic President of the United States.”

Meanwhile, a New York Times /Siena College poll has found Harris just one percentage point behind Donald Trump , narrowing the six-point gap between Joe Biden and his predecessor.

Another survey indicates she has put her party back into contention in the key battleground states since taking the reins. The Harris team has a weekend campaign blitz planned with surrogates and potential running mates fanning out across swing states.

Elsewhere, the vice president trolled her Republican rival after he backed out of a proposed television debate with her, asking on social media: “What happened to any time, any place?”