This Winning California Democrat Saw Kamala Harris As A Benefit, Not A Burden
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Unlike other frontline Democrats, Rep. Derek Tran flipped a GOP-held House as a proud Harris supporter.
Across the country, vulnerable House Democrats ― and Democrats hoping to take over Republican House seats ― did their best to create distance with Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the 2024 election.
Reps. Jared Golden (Maine) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), who were seeking reelection in seats Donald Trump carried in 2020, would not say for whom they planned to vote. Other Democrats in tough seats joined Republicans in criticizing Harris’s record on border security.
But for Rep. Derek Tran, an Army veteran and attorney who flipped California’s 45th Congressional District, Harris was an asset, rather than a liability.
“What I would like to point out is that she did better than President [Joe] Biden did in this district, so her message on the economy did resonate in my community,” Tran told HuffPost in a December interview. “That is true, and that is something that I made sure that I focused on.”
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