The head of Bexar County Democrats is joining the growing number of political leaders backing Vice President Kamala Harris.
The party is preparing for the long road to November.
Robert Vargas III is a spokesman for party chair Monica Ramirez Alcantara. He said the chair is excited about Harris's prospects.
"Democrats are fired up," he said. "Some folks still have old Kamala Harris signs. I've seen them cut out the 'For Vice President' and just put out Kamala signs that they're recycling. But we'll hopefully very, very quickly have t-shirts and signs that we can make available to the public."
Bettie Vaughan, a veteran, was digging through political buttons at the Bexar County Democrats Headquarters and raring to support Harris on day one.
She said she was on a conference call last night with 45,000 women, including her organization, the National Association of Black Military Women, who are ready to back Harris.
"I think when you get this many women dedicated to a purpose, you can't fail," Vaughan said. "And she's not going to fail. She's going to get the delegates and she's going to win the nomination and we're determined that she's going to win the election."
Some local Democrats praised Biden in interviews with TPR for stepping aside as the right thing to do for the nation and the party.
