Arizona GOP mayor invited to DNC and Harris campaign rally

A Republican mayor in Arizona who bucked his party to endorse Vice President Harris was invited to attend the Democratic National Convention in Chicago later this month, he told The Arizona Republic on Monday.

John Giles, mayor of Mesa, didn’t commit to attending but said he “did appreciate the invitation.” He also said he will attend a Harris rally in Phoenix on Friday.

Giles is among a rising number of elected and formerly elected Republicans backing Harris’s campaign for president.