Vice President Kamala Harris leads new campaign effort to reach out to Asian American voters

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is launching its formal outreach campaign to Asian American voters and putting Vice President Kamala Harris at the forefront of the effort with events in Nevada and Pennsylvania this week. The effort for Biden-Harris will kick off with an event in Las Vegas on Tuesday with former “Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi. Harris is the nation’s first South Asian vice president, and the spotlight on her has only grown since Biden’s stumbling debate performance last month raised questions about whether he would withdraw his candidacy and Harris would take his place. Harris will also deliver a keynote address Saturday at a town hall in Philadelphia focusing on the Asian-American vote.