MADISON, Wis. — Local leaders across Wisconsin wrapped up the week by stumping for now-presumed Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, with just over 100 days left until the November election.

The focus Friday was on trying to tie former President Donald Trump to Project 2025 — a more than 900-page policy roadmap that touches on everything from the Department of Education to abortion rights.

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, who served on President Joe Biden’s national advisory board, said it was her choice to do the same for Harris.

“I saw a man, who loves our country so deeply, that he wanted to do the right thing for it,” Rhodes-Conway said of Biden’s recent Oval Office address. “There is no one who called me and said, ‘You must do this.’ In fact, the message that I got from the Democratic Party was, ‘You have a choice, and it is up to you to make that choice about what you want to do next, and who you want to support for President of the United States.’”

With Harris well on her way to the party’s nomination next month, leaders across Wisconsin spent the last two days holding press conferences in their communities to contrast the two major campaigns.

Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns for President as the presumptive Democratic candidate during an event at West Allis Central High School, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in West Allis, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)

“The energy is palpable. I mean I’m out talking to people every single day,” Minority Leader Sen. Dianne Hesselbein, D-Madison, said. “Not just talking but listening to what they have to say. They are fired up and they are so excited to elect Kamala Harris. You can feel it. You can feel it on the doors, and you can feel it just in conversations with your neighbors, it’s fantastic. I’m super excited.”

Leaders hope to turn those voices into votes for Harris, which she spoke of when she last visited Madison in March.

“She was asked the question, 'How do you win Wisconsin?' And she said, and this is the absolute truth, 'You do it one vote at a time.' And that is what we are doing here in Wisconsin,” Rhodes-Conway explained.

As the weekend begins, Democrats are planning to roll out their biggest mobilizing blitz ever across the state, in addition to a visit to Wausau from Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.