Harris to attend major San Francisco fundraiser with Nancy Pelosi

After wrapping up her multiday battleground state tour, Vice President Kamala Harris will attend a major fundraiser in San Francisco on Sunday to court West Coast donors, some of whom had pulled their support for President Joe Biden after his poor debate performance in June.

Harris will court Bay Area donors using her deep roots in the area and the political blessing of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco for nearly four decades in Congress and will join Harris at Sunday’s event, according to a Harris campaign official.

Tickets to the Harris Victory Fund event range from $3,300 to $50,000, and according to a campaign official, the event has sold out with nearly 700 RSVPs, raising more than $12 million for the campaign.

The haul adds to the historic $310 million the Harris-Walz campaign raised in July, which included $36 million raised in the 24 hours after Harris announced her pick of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.

Walz will not attend Sunday’s fundraiser with Harris, according to a campaign official, who said that after the pair spent a week traveling the country together, the focus of this event will be on Harris and her connections to her home state of California.

After campaigning in Las Vegas with Harris on Saturday, Walz will fly to Minnesota, where he’ll remain the rest of the weekend, the Harris-Walz campaign told NBC News, adding that he’ll be on the East Coast next week.

Pelosi’s appearance on Sunday will be the latest step in a major shift by the president’s longtime ally and friend, who played a critical behind-the-scenes role in the Democrats’ pressure campaign to gently nudge him to drop out of the 2024 race.

During a July 10 appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning