State Representative Napoleon Nelson, who serves Cheltenham, Jenkintown, and Springfield, hosted a “DNC Night in Glenside” at The Open Space Venue in Jenkintown Thursday evening to celebrate the Harris-Walz ticket.

The event was featured in an article by WHYY titled “‘Almost as serious as breathing’: Philly-area Democrats celebrate Kamala Harris’ nomination at DNC watch parties“, and included more than 100 residents, local officials and Democratic organizers.

State Senator Art Haywood, whose office is in Abington Township, and Alina Taylor, a special education teacher at Cheltenham High School, traveled to the Manayunk section of Philadelphia to attend a similar rally.

“When I was coming up, my mother went out to work, and that was huge [and] that was only 40 years ago,” Taylor said. “And for my daughters, when they go to the doctor’s office, for them not to be able to make a choice … I don’t want that for them.”

“She did what we needed her to do,” Nelson said. “She continued to reach out to all Americans. She continued to make the case that we are ready for, deserve and that she can be that responsible governing agent.”

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Photos: WHYY