The 2024 election was once thought to rest almost entirely on the Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and while Vice President Kamala Harris‘s ascension has altered the dynamics, both parties still desperately want to win the Midwestern swing states.

Harris and her new running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), will sweep into Pennsylvania and Wisconsin this week as they look to keep those blue-collar, “blue wall” states in the blue corner this fall. But whereas President Joe Biden was able to regale crowds with his “Scranton Joe” upbringing and his residence in nearby Delaware, Harris is a California figure who was raised by parents who both held graduate degrees.