Mitch Landrieu, national co-chair for the Harris-Walz campaign, said on Sunday he is optimistic about Vice President Harris’s chances of winning Georgia in the general election this November.
“We really think that we have a chance to win Georgia,” Landrieu said in an interview on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.”
“They're going to compete there in a very hard way. And we're going to make Donald Trump defend every ounce of ground in America,” he continued.
Landrieu said the campaign is “a hundred percent” committed to carrying Georgia, when asked in the interview.
“Focused on Georgia, they got new energy when the Vice President took over,” Landrieu said, referring to the moment President Biden stepped aside, and Harris emerged as the party’s presumptive nominee.
“Senator Warnock, as you know, gave an incredible speech at the convention. And Senator Ossoff is there, as well as Lucy McBath and a bunch of other folks,” he continued, noting Democratic officials who represent Georgia in the U.S. Congress.
Harris and her vice-presidential running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are scheduled next week to head to Georgia, which is set to be one of the closest races in the election.
Of all the battleground states in play for Harris, she fares the worst in a head-to-head matchup with former President Trump in Georgia.
In The Hill and Decision Desk HQ’s polling average for Georgia, Trump leads Harris by 2.7 percentage points, 49.2 percent to 46.5 percent. That performance is significantly worse than her national average, which shows Harris leading Trump by 3.6 percentage points, 49.5 percent to 45.9 percent.
Trump is also leading Harris in Nevada, but by only 1 point, 47.3 percent to 46.3 percent. And in Arizona, the two candidates are virtually tied, with Trump at 47.3 percent and Harris with 47.2 percent.
Harris, meanwhile, leads Trump by 1.9 percentage points in Michigan, 48.3 percent to 46.4 percent. She leads Trump by 1.1 percentage points in North Carolina, 48 percent to 46.9 percent. She leads by 0.9 percent in Pennsylvania, 48.4 percent to 47.5 percent. And she leads by 3.3 percentage points in Wisconsin, 49.5 percent to 46.2 percent.
President Biden beat Trump in Georgia in 2020 by an exceedingly slim margin, and Trump beat former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton in Georgia in 2016.
