Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Nevada and South Carolina next month, two of the first states on the Democratic presidential calendar, where she will court voters and hope to win over President Biden.

Harris wants to meet

in Las Vegas on January 3

with members of the powerful casino workers Culinary Union,

in Las Vegas on January 3

offering one of the strongest endorsements in Nevada Democratic politics, the White House said Thursday.

Three days later, she plans to go to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, home of the first Democratic primary, to address an annual women’s retreat of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest historically black denomination in the United States. States.

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Harris has traveled the country highlighting the administration’s achievements, most recently energizing younger voters on a multi-stop college tour. Next month, she plans to host a nationwide series of events to rally voters to give Biden a second term and regain full control of Congress.

Both South Carolina and Nevada are crucial states where Biden and Harris can vote early if they want to be re-elected next year. The visit will be Harris’ seventh as vice president to South Carolina, where black voters play a crucial role in Democratic politics, one of the reasons for the White House-led schedule overhaul that pushed the state’s primaries to came first on the 2024 voting calendar in February. 3.

New Hampshire, which has traditionally voted first, will still hold its election on January 23. Biden is not running or campaigning there, and the state faces potential sanctions for his decision.

The White House says Harris’ visit to Nevada will be her ninth stint in office. The state, which has a 29% Latino population

,

will hold its primaries three days after South

Carolinas

on February 6.

When she ran for president in 2019, harris held a town hall meeting with the

trade unions Culinary Union

ordinary members. While most of the 2020 Democratic candidates held private meetings with union leaders, Harris was the first to receive a coveted invitation to speak to members. Ultimately, the union did not endorse anyone in the Democratic primary.

The

Culinary

Union

60,000 members are mainly women and immigration reform immigrants,

healthcare

and employee issues are among them

the union members

top priorities. Last month, the union ended a long-running labor dispute that had brought the threat of a historic strike to the Strip by voting to approve its contract agreement with casino giant Caesars Entertainment. The White House said Harris plans to celebrate the victory with union members.