WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala HarrisThe Democratic presidential candidate plans to spend election night At his alma mater, Howard University in Washington, D.C., three people familiar with the planning said.
A source said the campaign will hold its election night event on the Quad, although the exact location on campus could change.
NBC News previously reported Harris’ campaign has been eyeing the university where Harris earned his undergraduate degree as a potential location for the vice president’s election night headquarters.
Harris’ roots in the historically Black college run deep. In a letter has been published According to the school’s student newspaper, The Hilltop, this month, Harris recalled “a lot of fond memories” from his time at the university, nicknamed “Mecca.”
“I know that my time at Howard made me the person I am today. At Howard, we learn that we have the capacity to be great and also the responsibility to work hard to live up to that potential every day,” Harris wrote.
She also pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha in 1986, the first historically Black sorority at Howard.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign said it will host an election night party at a convention center in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the former president also has a resort. The campaign has not announced Trump’s election night plans.
Harris doesn’t often campaign in Washington. News of his election night plans comes on the day he plans to make remarks on the Ellipse near the White House.
In a speech Tuesday night, Harris is expected to urge Americans to “turn the page” on his Republican rival, a senior Harris campaign official said. He previously told NBC News. Trump addresses supporters on the Ellipse shortly before the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
Jillian Frankel contributed.