Highlights: Harris and Walz kick off campaign at Philadelphia rally

Sen. Mark Kelly urges supporters to contribute to the Harris-Walz ticketSen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. outside the West Wing of the White House, June 4, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly said he and his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, will do everything they can to elect Harris and Walz after Kelly was passed over for the Democratic ticket. Kelly sent an email to supporters urging them to contribute to the Harris-Walz ticket. “Tim has years of experience representing Minnesota both in the House of Representatives, where he served with Gabby, and as Minnesota’s governor,” Kelly wrote. “In that time, he has shown up time and time again for working families and I know he’ll continue that work in the White House.”Meanwhile, the head of GIFFORDS, a gun-control advocacy group founded by Kelly and Giffords, called Walz “a strong gun safety champion.”“Gun violence is a top concern for Americans this election cycle and we know the Harris-Walz ticket is the only one that will stand up to the gun lobby and save lives,” said GIFFORDS Executive Director Emma Brown, who managed Kelly’s 2022 Senate campaign and was his deputy campaign manager when in his first race two years earlier 2020.