Harris urges Georgia voters to back Democrats before midterms

Former Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in Georgia on Thursday, urging voters and volunteers to support Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms days before the midterm elections. At a rally for Ossoff, she briefly referred to the incumbent senator as Georgia’s “next” senator before correcting herself. Harris’s Georgia itinerary included stops in Atlanta and Macon. In Macon, she addressed several dozen people at a private rally in a community arts center, urging Democrats to turn their frustration with the Trump administration into political action. She said voters concerned about the cost of gas, food, housing, child care and health care could use the election to influence who holds office. Harris argued that voters could check the administration’s power at the ballot box, although President Donald Trump is not on the ballot in the midterms. She criticized his administration and said electing Democrats would give voters a way to respond to its policies. Her remarks were part of a campaign visit supporting Ossoff’s bid for a second term and Bottoms’s campaign for governor. At the Ossoff rally, Harris praised campaign volunteers and encouraged them to...