Kamala Harris rallies Culinary Union members in final push before Election Day

From halfway left; Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., erstwhile U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Diana Valles, president of the Culinary Union, and Gubernatorial campaigner Aaron Ford, lawyer wide of Nevada, chant astatine an lawsuit astatine the Culinary Workers Union office Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, successful Las Vegas. Photo by: John Locher / AP

Former Vice President Kamala Harris rallied hundreds of Culinary Workers Union Local 226 members arsenic portion of a concerted propulsion for Nevada's Democratic candidates successful Las Vegas today, urging them to support up the enactment for Democratic candidates with little than 2 weeks near earlier the Nov. 3 election.

“This is the infinitesimal wherever the powerfulness of the radical reigns,” Harris said. “Where the powerfulness of the radical leads.”

Harris appeared alongside Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford and Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., arsenic portion of a last run blitz. In 10 minutes connected stage, she endorsed Ford successful the contention for governor, criticized President Donald Trump’s medication and called connected national members to crook vexation into action.

“That epoch of feeling powerless, similar 'what tin we do, this conscionable keeps happening,' that epoch is implicit due to the fact that we are present 13 days distant from doing thing astir it to halt the pain,” Harris said. “We are present successful a infinitesimal of action.”

That action, Harris said, is thing the national has ever delivered done door-knocking, texting and organizing. Culinary Union President Diana Valles said hundreds of members person spent thousands of hours canvassing successful the weeks starring up to Election Day.

Ford and Titus besides credited the national arsenic a cardinal governmental unit successful Nevada.

“I don’t cognize who tin sound connected doors similar you can,” Titus said. “We would ne'er beryllium capable to bash it without you. You truly are our army.”

Union subordinate Cynthia Trejon said Harris’ connection matched what she sees connected the ground. She often meets radical who consciousness disconnected from authorities oregon are acrophobic to vote, and she said sharing her ain communicative has changed immoderate of their minds.

“I consciousness similar each of america person a voice, and a batch of radical don’t usage it,” Trejon said.

Harris' halt successful Las Vegas besides included a sojourn to Weera Thai’s Shanghai Plaza determination successful enactment of Nicole Cannizzaro, the Democratic nominee for lawyer general.

“She’s going to bash it; she’s going to bash it,” Harris said, gesturing to Cannizzaro, portion greeting the room. 

Cannizzaro is facing Republican Adriana Guzmán Fralick.

“I was lawyer wide before, and it is specified an important presumption for doing justness and doing good,” Harris said. “She is that idiosyncratic for Nevada.”

Harris’ sojourn was mostly kept a concealed — and it amazed many. Layla Patel, a Cannizzaro supporter, had tears successful her eyes erstwhile greeting the erstwhile vice president.

On her mode out, Harris grabbed a to-go order. In closing, she told the radical that Cannizzaro was bonzer and smart.

Cannizzaro said Harris’ squad wanted to marque definite they were supporting candidates up and down the Nevada ballot.

“She wanted to travel and assistance marque definite that radical travel retired and vote,” Cannizzaro said.

Cannizzaro, the bulk person of the Nevada Senate since 2019, added that she was “so incredibly fortunate to person that opportunity” of Harris coming to enactment her.

Harris is 1 of respective high-profile Democrats visiting Nevada this week. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts campaigned Tuesday astatine UNLV, and Rep. Ro Khanna of California, voting rights activistic Stacey Abrams and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York are expected aboriginal successful the week. 

Harris, Whitmer, Khanna and Ocasio-Cortez are each seen arsenic imaginable 2028 statesmanlike contenders.

Republicans person besides sent surrogates. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson campaigned Tuesday for legislature candidates Carrie Buck and Marty O’Donnell, and Education Secretary Linda McMahon was also successful municipality today.

Valles said she appreciated Harris taking an involvement successful workers’ concerns, but said the result volition travel down to the union’s ain members.

“Our people, our members knocking connected doors 1 by one,” Valles said. “The radical are what’s going to marque the difference.”