Harris Candidacy 'Motivates' Fairfax City Council Candidate: Report

FAIRFAX CITY, VA — Amini Bonae, a 29-year-old community organizer and current Fairfax City Council candidate, was interviewed recently by Lauren Gambino, a reporter with The Guardian.

Bonae told Gambino she “felt a surge of energy” in her own city council race now that Vice President Kamala Harris was on the ballot.

“I’m just so excited and – hello! – I’ll be on the same ballot as,” Bonae paused, shaking her hands in excitement, according to Gamino's reporting, “possibly the first Black woman Potus. That is just so motivating for me.”

Read The Guardian’s full report.

Bonane had just left a “contingency planning” workshop that discussed the possibility of former President Donald Trump winning on Nov. 5. She told Gamino that the session was a sobering reminder of what was at stake in the election.