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Kamala Harris departed Washington, D.C. for California on Wednesday morning to campaign for Governor Gavin Newsom as he faces a recall election next Tuesday.
The vice president will take a day trip to her native Bay Area to headline a rally for Newsom – rescheduling a trip she was supposed to take last month that was delayed after 13 American troops were killed in a terror attack by ISIS-K outside the Kabul airport in Afghanistan .
Harris and Newsom, before either held elected office, had overlapping roles in San Francisco and Sacramento. They have also both been supportive of each others' campaigns.
The two were sworn in on the same day in January 2004 when Newsom became San Francisco's youngest mayor in more than a century and Harris made history as California's first Black district attorney.
Now, as Harris rose to the vice presidency, her ally is facing a recall election in the state where she got her start in politics.
Vice President Kamala Harris departs Washington, D.C. for California on Wednesday as she backs Governor Gavin Newsom in his recall election
Harris will only be in her native Bay Area for the day as she urges Californians not to boot Newsom from office in the recall election
Newsom is facing a recall after a petition garnered enough signatures for a special election to potentially get him out of the State House before the end of his term. There are several dozen candidates vying
