Andy Beshear to headline campaign event for Kamala Harris in Georgia Sunday

ATLANTA, Ga. (WAVE) – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear will be speaking at a campaign event for Vice President Kalama Harris in the battleground state of Georgia on Sunday.

On Thursday, WAVE News confirmed Beshear is officially being vetted by the Harris campaign as a possible running mate in Harris’ presidential run.

Eric Hyers, a campaign strategist for Andy Beshear, confirmed to WAVE News that Beshear will be attending one of the Democratic Party of Georgia’s “Weekend of Action” events to support Harris’ campaign. He will be speaking at the opening of Harris’ Forsyth County campaign office, according to Melissa Blink, Congressional District Chair for the Democratic Party of Georgia. The event begins at 11 a.m.

Blink told WAVE News Beshear is the only potential vice presidential picks who will be attending the event in Forsyth County. Several other local and congressional Democratic candidates will also be speaking.

The campaign appearance follows Beshear’s remarks during a Team Kentucky press conference earlier in the week, where Beshear said he was “honored to be considered” among possible VP picks. Beshear added, “I’ll do everything I can between now and Election Day to elect Kamala Harris as the next President of the United States of America.”

Harris is expected to move up the ticket as the Democratic nominee during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August. This comes after President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign on July 21.

Georgia is considered a battleground state. In the 2020 election, about 65% of Forsyth County voted for then-President Donald Trump. However, President Joe Biden won the state by 0.2% of the vote in 2020 and, ultimately, the presidency. Biden flipped the seat from 2016, when Trump won Georgia with just under 51% of the vote. Before 2020, Georgia had a 20-year streak of voting Republican in presidential elections.

Speaking at the Forsyth County event comes just one day after Beshear headlines Iowa Democrat’s Liberty and Justice event, which he was set to speak at months before the vetting process began for him being a possible VP pick. He will deliver remarks in Iowa at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Our sister station in Iowa reports that event is now sold out.

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