The early travel by Kamala Harris and Beto O'Rourke in each other’s firewall states — South Carolina and Texas — demonstrates the wide-open nature of the 2020 primary and the aggressive steps they’re taking to fortify their standings
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And before a crowd of more than 2,400 people on the campus of Texas Southern University, a historically black college, she pledged the largest-ever federal investment in teacher pay — careful to stress the symbolism of the setting. Yet if Harris was trying to make inroads on O’Rourke’s turf, he, too, was sending a message in the early days of his bid that he would make a concerted effort for black voters whom Harris is aggressively courting. South Carolina is a significant test of a candidate’s ability to appeal to African American voters — and Harris has made three trips there, hired four staffers in the state and weighed in on local bills to restrict guns and raise teacher pay.
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